[3369 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVAJ^^^^ FRIDAY JHE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE mmm ,7a ;xa 'A 55 :PRESENT: ^ THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO -S' CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4403 OF 2025 Between: Gajendar Raj Purohith, S/o. Mohan Singh Raj, Aged 24 years, R/o. D. No. 11-46-15, Seshaiah Street, One Town, Vijayawada Petitioner/Accused 2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Amaravathi Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C/ Under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.2 on Bail in Cr.No. No.09/2025 of I Town Police Station, Vijayawada, Krishna District for the offences punishable Under Sec.8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) of NDPS Act. The petition/Appeal coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri SHAIK AMEENA REHMANI Advocate for the Petitioner, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) for the Respondent and the Court made the following. APHC010207982025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4403/2025 Between: Gajendar Raj Purohith ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SHAIK AMEENA REHMANI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner herein/A2, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.09 of 2025 of I Town Police Station Vijayawada City, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and PsychotropicSubstancesAct, 1985. 2. Case of the prosecution is that, on 21.01.2025, on receipt of credible information regarding transportation of ganja, the Inspector of I Town Police Station along with his staff and mediators rushed to Prince trading shop in Palle Veedhi in I Town, Vijayawada, and caught the accused in possession of 2 101 Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. 3. Heard. Perused the record. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that basing on 4. the confessional statement of co-accused, the case came to be registered against the petitioner herein. In pursuant to the confessional statement, the petitioner herein was arrested on 23.01.2025 and since then he has been in judicial custody. Except the confessional statement, no other incriminating material is collected showing the complicity of the petitioner in the present crime. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed to grant bail on the ground that investigation in the present case is not completed. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from the Jurisdiction of the Court. 5. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, this court finds that further detention of the petitioner is no longer required to conduct further investigation and hence, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner herein/A2, on the following conditions. 3 i. The petitioner herein/A2 shall be released on executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vijayawada, ii. On release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a fortnight i.e., on 1st and 15th of every month between 10.00 AM and 01.00 PM., for a period of three (3) months. iii. The petitioner is directed not to hamper the investigation and tamper with the prosecution witnesses. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// For ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To, 1. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vijayawada. 2. The Superintendent, Sub Jail, Vijayawada. 3. The Station House Officer, I Town Police Station, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 4. One CC to SRI. SHAIK AMEENA REHMANI Advocate [OPUC] Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court of A.P., Amaravati 5. [OUT]. 6. One spare copy HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED:02/05/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.4403 of 2025 ALLOWED