J} lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARJ TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUAR] ) i TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE : PRESE NT: \'``+'`7 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDD CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1058 OF 2025 ;/,. _,,I+ I;;jtl.ri- > Betwee n : 1. Ravi Varma Ramesh, S/o. Ramesh aged about 27 years Caste by Yadava/Goli, R/o. D.No.2/364, Nethaji Nagar Mogiripallj, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu. 2. Jeevarathinam Ganesan, S/o. Ganesan aged about 33 years, R/o. D.NO.92B,1st street pasupathipalyam south, Karur Taluk, Petitioners/Accused No.2 and Karur District, Tamil Nadu. ...Petitioners/Accused No.2 and 6 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP, Amaravathi through Nallajerla P.S.) ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in memorandum of grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.2 and 6 on bail in connection with Cr.No.240 of 2024, on the file of Nallajerla, P.S., till pending disposal of the main case in the interest of justice; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Parimi Rama Rayudu, Advocate for the Petitioners and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent; This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners/A2 and A6, seeking bail in Crime No.240/2024 of Na[Iajerla Police Station, East Godavari District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners and others for the offence under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 27.8.2024, on receipt of credible information about illegal possess-Ion and transportation of ganja, the s.I. of Nallajerla Police Station, along with his staff and mediators, rushed to veeravalli toll plaza, hamlet of Ananthapalli Village, Nallajerla Mandal, and started conducting vehicle checking. At that time, they found one Eicher van bearing registration no.TN 22 AF 8845 going towards Vijayawada. On seeing police, the inmates in the Eicher van stopped the van and tried to escape. Then police apprehended them and on interrogation, they disclosed their identity particulars as that of A2, A4 to A6 and police found 262 kgs of cannabis in the van. The contraband and vehicle, along with other material, were seized under the cover Of mediators report, and the accused were arrested on the same day i.e. on 27.8.2024. a 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that major part Of the investigation is completed except filing of charge sheet. ca=zgr,ffsff5SPS£ . I I - 2 6. wI'thOut gol'ng into,,the merits of the case, the petitI-Oners were arrested on 27.8.2024 and since then they are languishing in ja" I-.e. for more than 180 days as on today. pol,Ice have not completed the investigatI-On and not laid the charge sheet. As such the petl-tioners are entitled for default bail. 7. ln vI'eW Of the aforesaid facts and cI-rCumstances of the case, this court is inclI'ned to grant ba" to the pet,-tioners herein, on the following conditions. (i) The petitioners/A2 and A6 herein sha" be released on their executI-ng a personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) each wl'th two sureties for the like sum each to the satI-SfaCtl'On of the learned special Judge for trial of NDPS Cases-Gum-I Additional Distrl'ct and sessions Judge, Eluru,' (ii) on release, the petitl'o.hers sha" appear before the statl'on House officer concerned once ln a Week I'.e. On every Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., till fl'ling of charge sheet,' (ill) Petitioners herein/A2 and A6 sha" not go beyond the jurisdictl'on of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh state, without leave of the trial Court and they sha" make available their location through mobile phone by pairI-ng I-I With the mobile phone of the Investigating Officer round the clock 8. Accordingly, the crl-mI'nal Petl'tion js allowed. Jd ASSISTANTR To, ofrfrfgr //TRUE COPY// For/ SD/-M.SRINIVAS lS\TRAR SECTiO 1. The special Judge under Narcotic and psychotropic substances Act-Gum-1 St Dl'strict and sessI'On Judge west Godavari, Eluru. 2. The Superintendent, Eluru District JaI'l, Eluru. I 3. The station House officer, Nallajerla poll'ce station. 4. One cc to sri. parimi Rama Rayudu, Advocate [opuc] 5. Two cos to publl-c prosecutor, Hl'gh court of AP [OUT] 6. One spare copy MM 'o? rI I ir€® HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED :25/02/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.1058 of 2025 6} ALLOWED J~~'~ 25 EEB \\\5