IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE iPRESENT: DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO \ • O, theIhonourable CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10394 OF 2025 ^ Between: Manam Chandra Dora, S/o Dasu Yesu Babu, Aged about 33 years, R/o.Ramalayam Street, Thurupupakala village, Peddapuram mandal, Kakinada District. ^ ...Petitioner/Accused No.8 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravati. / ...Respondent Petition under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 (under sections 437 and 439 of Cr.P.C., 1973), praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the Petitioner who is arrayed as Accused No.8 on ball in connection with in Crime No. 121 of 2023 on the file of Rampachodavaram Police station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri Sivaprasad Reddy Venati Counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Public Prosecutor The Court made the following APHC010534082025 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: 10394 OF 2025 Between: 1.MANAM CHANDRA DORA. S/0 DASU YESU BABU, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, -R/O.RAMALAYAM STREET, THURUPUPAKALA VILLAGE, PEDDAPURAM MANDAL, KAKINADA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SIVAPRASAD REDDY VENATI 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.8 .on bail in Crime No. 121 of 2023 of Rampachodavaram Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.8 herein for the offence punishable under Section 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). Drugs and Psychotropic 2. Heard the learned Counsel for ^e Petitioner Public Prosecutor. ' and the learned Assistant 3. The allegation against the Petitioner/ Accused record is that he loaded the contrabant/ acted as pilot. The Petitioner possession of the Petitioner. The Petitioner Warrant on 16.06.2025. He No.8, as seen from the ganja of 60 Kgs in two vehicles. He was not spot arrested. Nothing was found in was arrested on execution of P.T in judicial custody for the past 122 days. Learned Single Judge of this Court in Criminal Petition No. 2980 of 2025 27.03.2025 enlarged the Accused No.3 on bail. So far five witnesses was on are examined. Material portion of investigation in so far as the alleged role played by the Petitioner is completed. The Petitioner i- Thurupupakala Village, Peddapuram Mandal, Kakinada IS a permanent resident of District. He has got permament abode. Chances of either fleeing away from the clutches from the law 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; The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a bond for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each I. to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District Sessions Judge- cum- Special Judge for trial of offences under NDPS Act, Rajamahendravaram. ii- The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall and appear before the Station House Officer, Rampachodavaram Police Station Sitharama Raju District, on every Saturday in between 10:00 and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. , Alluri am iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall IV. V. 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. Vi. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 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, vii. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating offipr. |f he claims that he do not have a passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. 6. SDI- K. KASIRAO ACHARI ASSISTANTyTiEGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// For SECTION OFFICER To. 1. The I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Speciai Judge for Triai of Offences under NDPS Act, Rajamahendravaram. 2. The Superintendent, Centrai Prison, Rajamahendravarm District. 3. The Station House Officer, Rampachodavaram Poiice Station Sitharama Raju District. 4. One CC to SRi. SIVAPRASAD REDDY VENATi Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs Pubiic Prosecutor, A.P. High Court, Amaravati 6. One spare copy , East Godavari Alluri [OUT] cvss HIGH COURT Dr.YLR,J DATED: 15/10/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.10394 of 2025 ALLOWED