lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AM I/ FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUA TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE. :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 930 OF 2025 Betwee n : 1. SuraJ' Kumar, S/o. Manoj Kumar, aged about 27 years, R/o. 46 KH, Ramala, Baaghpat Town, Bagpat Distrl'ct, Uttar Pradesh State. 2. Ankit Khokhar, S/o. Lai Sing, aged about 31 years, R/o. Pattidhandhaan, Chhaprauli, Dehat (now in Nagar), Bagpat District, Uttar Pradesh State. ...Petitioner/Accused No.1, 2 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep by its public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent Petition under Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C and Under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the crjmI'nal Petjtl'on, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.208/2024 of V. Madugula P.S., now Anakapalli District The Petition coming on for hearI-ng, upon PeruSI'ng the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate for thee petitioners, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the following [3327] FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 930/2O2± Between : Suraj Kumar, and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: 1. The Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is filed On behalf of the petitioners/accused Nos.1 & 2 seeking regular bail in Crime No.208 / of 2024 of V. Madugula Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. +--,---~=`_ =F--- llllllllllr- 2 + 2. A case has been regl.stered against the petitioners herein and other for the offences punishable under sections 20(b)(l|i)(c), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropl'c substances Act,1985. 3. case of the prosecutl|on I-sthat, on 29.09.2024, atabout 10.00 hours, the Inspector of poII|Ce, K.Kotapaud circle Police statl'on, received credible I-nfOrmatI-On about l'llegal possession and transportatI|On Of Ganja. on hl|s instructl'ons, his staff conducted vehicle checking near Thatiparfy village outskirts. DurI-ng that tI®me, police noticed the accused coming from paderu side towards Ghat road in a car bearing No.MPO4CX5801 and when police tried to stop the car, accused drove the car in hI'gh speed and hI-I the road side tree. on conducting vehl-cle check, police seized 47 Kgs of GanJ'a from the possession of the accused. 4. Heard both sides. 5. A perusal of the material goes to show that, on having credl'ble informatI®On, PoII'Ce arrested the accused and seized 47 Kgs of Ganja from their possession. The petjtI'Oner has been arrested on 29.09.2024. Since then, he is in judicial remand. Learned AssI-Slant publl'c Prosecutor submits that maJ'Or Part of the jnvestjgatl'on is `'q-i i` -I_ i+-i--` completed except inventory proceedings. He further submits that there are no antecedents as against the petitioners. 6. ln view of the aforesaid facts and Circumstances, this Court is 'lnclined to grant bail to the petitioner/ accused Nos.1 & 2 herein, on the following conditions. (i) The petitioners/ accused Nos.1 & 2 herein shall be released on their executing a personal bond for Rs.10,OOOf (Rupees ten thousand only) each with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for trial of offences under the NDPS Act, at Visakhapatnam. (ii) On release, the petitioners/accused Nos. 1 & 2 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e. on every Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge-sheet. 7. Accordingly, the.Criminal Petition is allowed. A SSs#€TBi FF£RSEAG#SRTAROA B SECT,of£uoLiFIC=-R //TRUE COPY// For ASS[STAN I r`[u'lo I l`Ar` To, 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences Under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnain District 3. The Station House Officer, V Madugula Police Station, Anakapalli District 4. One CC to SRI. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh • [OUT] 6. One spare c.opy PSR J> HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 07/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.930 of 2O25 ALLOWED