APHC010533542025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10379 OF 2025 Between: 1. RANGA SWAMI NANJEGOWDA ALIAS RANGASWAMI, S/O. NANJEGOWDA, AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS,R/O. RAYAGANELLI VILLAGE, KOTHEGIR MANDAL,KUNIGAL POLICE STATION, KARNATAKA STATE. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order : The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.4 on bail in Crime No.53 of 2025 of Gajuwaka Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, registered against the Petitioner/ Accused No.4 herein for the offence punishable under Section 22(b) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. It is the case of the prosecution that on 08.02.2025 the Petitioner along with other Accused had indulged in possession and transportation of 4 Kgs MDMA. It is not a commercial quantity. The Petitioner was arrested on 06.06.2025 on execution of P.T.Warrant. He has been in judicial custody for the past 132 days. The Petitioner is a permanent resident of Rayaganelli Village, Kothegir Mandal, Kunigal Police Station, Karnataka State. He has got fixed abode. Period of custodial interrogation is also completed. So far five witnesses are examined. They are all official witnesses. There are no similar criminal adverse antecedents reported against the Petitioner. Substantial portion of investigation in so far as the alleged role of the Petitioner is completed. Chances of the Petitioner either hampering the investigation or tampering the evidence may not arise. 4. Considering the nature and gravity of allegation levelled against the Petitioner, his alleged role played in this case, and the period of detention undergone by the Petitioner, this Court is inclined to enlarge the Petitioner on bail with the following stringent conditions: 5. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.4 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge- Special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.4 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.4 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make himself available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.4 shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. v. The Petitioner/Accused No.4 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If he claims that he does not have a passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 15.10.2025. KK