< \ '`\, \S I/ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT trgiv THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 873 OF 2025 Betwee n : l1 1. Elevarasan S, S/o Sreethar, R/o D.NO.43B, Valluvar Street, Ganthi Nagar, Thottiyam, Thirucharapalli District, Tamilanadu State. 2. Ragul Dhavakumar, s/o Dhavakumar, R/o D.No.42/A,Pillayarkovil Street, Devangapuram, paIIipalayam, Nammakkal District, Tamilnadu State. ..,Petitioners/Accused No.1 & 2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, SHO, Prohibition and Excise Station, Nellore -1 Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh, Amaravati. ...Respondent Petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 is fl-led praying that in the circumstances stated in, memorandum of grounds of criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant them bail on such terms and conditions as deemed fit directing their enlargement jn the crime No.146 of 2024 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Nellore -1, SPSR Nellore DI'StriCt; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusl'ng the petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Bhooma Maharshi Reddy, Advocate for the petitioner and Public Prosec-utor for the Respondent; APHCOI OO41732025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY ll^/O THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.873 OF 2025 Betwee n : EIevarasan S and another ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. BHOOMA MAHARSHI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners/Al and A2, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.146 of 2024 of Prohib-ltion and Excise Station, Nellore-I, SPSR Ne]lore district. fig _--- ` I 2. A case has been regl'stered against the petitioners herein and another for the offence punishable under section 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropI'C Substances Act, 1985 (for short lthe NDPS Act'). 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, I-sthat, on 25.12.2024, at about o4.30 AM, on credible information, the prohibitI-On and Excise Inspector, p&E Station, Nellore-I, along with his staff and mediators, while conductI-ng Vehicle checking at AC Subbareddy stadI'um, Nellore CI'ty, Stopped the APSRTC Super Luxury bus bearing registratI'On No.AP 16 Z 0447 gol'ng towards Thl'rupathj from Nellore and found Al and A2, who were sl-tting I-n Seat Nos.23 and 24, in possession and illegal transportatI-On Of 6 Kgs of Ganja each, total 12 KGs. The contraband was seI'Zed under cover of a medl'ators report and a case has been registered against the accused. 4. Heard. perusedtherecord. 5. Petitioners were arrested on 25.12.2024 and since then they are in judicial remand. The quantl'ty of Ganja allegedly seized from the possession of the accused is 12 Kgs, whl-ch is ±`,~ =E=EL not a commercial quantity. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that major portion of investigation has been completed. 6. ln view of the aforesaid facts and Circumstances Of the case, this court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners/Al and A2 on the following conditions. i) The petitioners/Al and A2 shall be released on bail on their executing personal bonds for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties Of the like Sum each tO the satisfaction of the learned I Addit'lon-al District and Sessions Judge, Nellore, SPSR Nellore district. ii) on release, the petitioners shall appear before the station House Officer concerned, once 'ln a week i.e., On every Saturday between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm, t-Ill filing of the charge sheet. iii) petitioners herein/Al and A2 shall not go beyond the jurisdiction of SPSR Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh State, without leave of the trial Court and they shall make available their location through mobile phones by pairing them with the mobile phone of the Investigating Officer round the clock. `-----i, \ E= 7. Accordingly, th6' crjmI'nal PetjtI'On is a"owed. --`~--cT`'-- --.` \J Sd/- N. NAdAfl"A ASSISTANT RE TRAR //TRUE COPY// For SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The I Additional DjstrI'Ct & SessI'OnS Judge, Nellore, SPSR Nellore. 2. The Superintendent, NeIIore Central JaI-I, Nellore. 3. The StatI-On House officer, prohibI't,-On and Excise station! Nellore -1 4. One CC to SrI-. Bhooma Maharshj Reddy, Advocate [opuc] 5. Two CCs to Public prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 6. One spare copy MM `\`= z,/fz \ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED :06/02/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.873 of 2025 ALLOWED -::--- :-_i - 7 FEB !ft25\