A IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE iPRESENT; THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRA-^P^^^ CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4267 OF 2025 fx 2 Between: 1. Milton Sekh, S/o.Haider Sekh, aged about 28 years, R/o.Bichipura, Sibnagar, Raninagar, Murshidabad District, West Bengal State. 2. Madan Mandal, S/o.Ritendranath Mandal, Aged about 39 R/o.Pollagari, Ghanirampu Post, Bamnabad, MurshirabadDistrict, West Bengal District. years. Petitioners/ Accused No.1 and 2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House Officer, Renigunta Railway Police Station, SPSR Nellore District Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Amravathi. Respondent/Complainant Petition under Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, R/w 480 & 483 BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the Petitioners bail in Crime No. 125/2024 on the file of the Renigunta Railway Police Station, SPSR Nellore District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri P NAGENDRA REDDY, Advocate for the Petitioners PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the Court made the following; on and of PUBLIC 1 APHC010198582025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) mss [3396] THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4267/2025 Between; ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED{S) Milton Sekh and Others AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.PNAGENDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following; The Criminal Petition, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioners/Al and A2 to grant regular bail in connection with Crime No. 125/2024 of Renigunta Railway Police Station, SPSR Nellore District. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein for the offences punishable u/Sec.20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. The case of the prosecution in nut shell is as follows; On 07.11.2024 at 6.00 am, at Renigunta Railway station platform no.5 in train no.22504 Vivelt^e^press, on receipt of credible information 2. 3. V. 2 about illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the S.I. of police conducted checking found one blue bag and on with staff and mediators Railway police station, along m the above said train and at that time they and found 5 kgs of ganja and on suspicion, suspicion they opened the bag the accused/petitioners and sent them to judicial custody on were arrested the same day. Heard Sri V.Sai Sri Harsha, learned counsel for the petitioner and 4. learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent-state. would submit that only on Petitioners were not and they were granted bail 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners were implicated in this case suspicion, the petitioners crime no.22/2025 in fact arrested regarding judicial custody, the present case is is lodged against them on in the railway station and ion of such packet. Only in that case, the case is during their the suspicion that 5 kgs of ganja packet is there in found in the possession there are no persons suspecting that the involvement of the petitioner were remanded to judicial custody on execution have been in judicial registered and petitioners of PT warrant on 27.3.2025 and since then they custody and prays to allow the criminal petition. Public Prosecutor would not filed for want of RFSL report contra to the same, learned Assistant 6. sheet in this case was not completed and the submit that charge and also inventory was Court may pass appropriate orders. 3 m 7. Considering the submissions made and on perusal of the material on record, as rightly stated by the learned counsel for the petitioners that only on suspicion, this case has been registered against the petitioners. Nothing is found in their possession relating to the present Petitioners were in judicial custody at the time of alleged seizure of 5kgs of ganja by the police in the present case. In view of the same, this Court is inclined to allow the criminal petition with the following conditions. In the result, the criminal petition is allowed and the petitioners/Al and A2 shall be released on bail on their executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Nellore. After release the petitioners shall attend before the Station House Officer concerned once in a fortnight i.e. on every 2 and 4^'' Sunday in a month in between 10.00am to 01.00pm till filing of charge sheet. Consequently, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand case. 8. nd dosed. Sd/- K. SRINIVASA RAJU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// For ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To, 1. The I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Nellore 2. The Superintendent, District Prison, Nellore 3. The Station House Officer, Renigunta Railway Police Station, SPSR Nellore District 4. OneCCto SRI. P NAGENDRA REDDY Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] 6. One spare copy HIGH COURT DR. VJP,J DATED:01/05/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.4267 of 2025 ALLOWED t