\ L±-" IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1030 OF 2025 Between : Gubbala Venkata Santosh, S/o Satyanarayana, Aged 24 years, Occ: Outsourcing Employee, R/o H.No.12-114, Ramalayam Street, Vemagiri, East Godavari District. ...Petitioner/AI AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor for. High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi. ...Respondents Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in memorandum of grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner/Al on bail in connection with FIR No 18 of 2023 dated 25.01.2023 of Dowlaiswaram Police Station, Rajahmundry District; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Kodati Ramya Krishna, Advocate for the Petitioner and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent; 1 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.1030 OF 2025 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has,been filed by the petitioner/A1, seeking bail, in Crime No.18/2023 of Dowlaiswaram Police Station, Rajahmundry. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offence under Section 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 25.01.2023 at 10.00 am, on credible information, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Dowlaiswaram Police Station, at open place near Manthena Satyanarayana Raju Ashramam, Dowlaiswaram Village, Rajamahendravaram Rural, conducted raid and found A3 to A6 were 'ln possession and illegal transportation of 21.765 Kgs of Ganja. The contraband, along with other material, was seized under cover of a mediators report and a case has been registered against the accused. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that the contraband allegedly seized by police from the possession of the -,-., <fagr f 2 I, accuses l|s 21,765 Kgs of Ganja. The petl-tjoner/Al was arrested on o3.10.2024 and since then he I-s langul'shl|ng in jal'I. Learned Assl'stant public prosecutor submits that l'nvestigation js completed and charge sheet is not yet filed for want of arrest of remal'njng accused. 6. ln view of the aforesal-d facts and circumstances of the case, this court I-S l'nCII-ned to grant baH to the petI|tjOner/Al on the followI+ng conditions. i) The petjtl-oner/Al shall be released on ba" on his executing personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the lI'ke sum each to the satl-sfaction of the learned special sessions Judge for Trial of the cases under the NarcotI'C Drugs and psychotropic substances Act, 1985-Gum-I :a:JdaltLoanha:ndr:veasrs:omns Judge, East Godavarl DIStrICt at li) On release, the petitl'oner shaH appear before the stall-On House officer concerned, once jn a week l'.e[ on every saturday between 10.00 am and o1.00 pm, tin fiII®ng Of the Charge Sheet. 7. Accordingly, the crI-mjnaI PetI'tiOn is allowed. sd/- K.TATA RAO DEPUTY R lSTF`AR //TRUE COPY// For SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Special Sessions Judge for Trial of the Cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act, 1985-cum-I Additional Sessions Judge, East Godavari District at Rajamahendravaram. 2. The I Additional Sessions Judge, East Godavari District at Rajamahendravaram. 3. The Ill Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari District. 4. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Rajamahendravaram 5. The Station House Officer, Dowlaiswaram Police Station, Rajahmundray District. 6. One CC to Sri. Kodati Ramya Krishna, Advocate [OPUC] 7. Two cos to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] 8. One spare copy rm I, + HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED:10/02/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.1030 of 2025 ALLOWED