* IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV^ •r- •'i' '*■ 6 t THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMB^R^' ' TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE iPRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10190 OF 2025 ,C- Ac V 4 S'^ - / Between: Pangi Koteshwar Rao @ Nooka Raju @ Koti @ Arjun, S/o. Pangi Sanyasi Rao, aged about 26 Years, R/o. Surthupalli Village, Balapam Panchayati Chintapalli Mandal, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju District. / .. .Petitioner/Accused-8 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati. / ...Respondent/Compiainant Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/A8 on bail in Cr.No. 81 of 2023 Koyyuru Police Station, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju District, Under Section 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) NDPS Act, Dated 26-12-2023. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Kakumanu Joji Amrutha Raju, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Public Prosecutor for Respondent, the Court made the following APHC010521722025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10190/2025 Between: PANGI KOTESHWAR RAO ALIAS NOOKA RAJU ALIAS KOTI ALIAS ARJUN, S/0. PANGI SANYASIRAO, AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS, R/0. SURTHUPALLI VILLAGE,BALAPAM PANCHAYATI,CHINTAPALLI MANDAL, ALLURI SEETHA RAMA RAJU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: KAKUMANU JOJIAMRUTHA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR / t- ft 2 Dr.YLR,J Crl..PNo.10190 of 2025 Dated 13.11.2025 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.81 of 2023 of Koyyuru Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.8 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with Section 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 2. As seen from the record, the allegation against the petitioner/Accused No.8 is that he acted as a pilot while the other accused persons transporting ganja in another vehicle. The role of the petitioner came to light based on the confession statements of Accused Nos.1 to 5. Except the confessions given before the police officer, no other incriminating material is available against the petitioner. The case was registered in the year 2023. The petitioner was arrested on 26.08.2025 and he has been in judicial custody for the past 79 days.,^The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that, except for filing the charge sheet showing Accused No.9 as absconding, the material portion of the investigation has been completed. 3. were 3 Dr.YLR.J Crl.RNo.10190 of 2025 Dated 13.11.2025 The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the son of the 4. petitioner died on 21.09.2025. The petitioner is aged about 26 years and is a permanent resident of Surthupalli Village, Balapam Panchayat, Chinthapalli Mandal, Alluri Sitarama Raju District. He has got fixed abode. The period for custodial interrogation is also completed, and no application was filed seeking custodial interrogation of the petitioner. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that there are no similar adverse antecedents reported against the petitioner. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and 5. gravity of allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.8, this Court is inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.8 on bail. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following stringent 6. conditions: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall be enlarged on bail f subject to he executing bond for a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Chinthapalli. ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. 4 Dr. YLR,J Crl.RNo.10190 of 2025 Dated 13.11.2025 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. iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. V. The Petitioner/Accused No.8 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. 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. SD/- P.VINOD KUMAR DEPUTY/«E //TRUE COPY// i RAR TION OFFICER 1. The Court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-l Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Cases under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Chinthapalli. 3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam. 4. The Station House Officer, Koyyuru Police Station, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju District. 5. One CC to Sri Kakumanu Joji Amrutha Raju, Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of A.P., Amaravati.[OUT] To, 7 r> HIGH COURT DR.YLR.J DATE:13/11/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.10190 of 2025 ALLOWED