IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11486 OF 2025 Between: Sukumar Kannyiram, S/o Kannyiram, Aged 32 years,R/o D.no. 112/119, Bharathiya Street,Karikalavakkam Post, Vilapakkam,Tiruvallur District, State of Tamil Nadu. .... Petitioner/Accused No.1 ^ AND The State of Andhra PradesH; Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh, Ahiaravati. Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS is filed 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 Petitioner/Accused no. 1 on bail in Crime, no. 383 of 2025, On tbe file of the Visakhapatnam Railway Police Station. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Advocate for the Petitioner, Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent and the Court made the following. ORDER 1 .PHC010595032025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] Bi? FRIDAY.THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11486/2025 Between: Sukumar Kannyiram ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant; 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 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.1 on bail in Crime No.383 of 2025 of Visakhapatnam Railway Police Station, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 herein for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) read with Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Heard the learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistan record. 3. The petitioner/accused No.1 allegedly of ganja with the help of other indulged in dealing with 4.3 kgs accused. The seized contraband is not was arrested on 01.11.2025. He has been petitioner is permanent resident of ■ So far, seven witnesses have been commercial quantity. The petitioner in judicial custody for the past 19 days. The Tamil Nadu State. He has got fixed abode examined, all of them are material and official witnesses. Therefore, the official witnesses, tampering with possibility of the petitioner threatening the evidence, or hampering the investigation interrogation is may not arise. Period for custodial seeking for custodial conditions are imposed, there is no likelihood of his absconding or evading (he process of law. over. No application has been filed interrogation of the petitioner. If certain 4. Considering the facts and ci gravity of allegations levelled IS inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No Circumstances of the against the Petitioner/Accused No. 1 ■ 1 on bail. case, the nature and this Court 5. In the result, the Criminal Petition i conditions; IS allowed with the following stringent '• The petitioner/Accused No.1 subject to he executing bond for a shall be enlarged on bail sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties for the like sum eh^ to the 3 satisfaction of the learned VI Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Railways-cum-VI Additional Civil Judge, Visakhapatnam. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. / f II. iii. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. The petitioner/Accused No.1 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. The petitioner/Accused No.1 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. IV. V. VI. vii. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If he claim that he do not have a passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the 'nvestigatinq Officer. Sd/-U.SRI DEVI DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// ICER SECTION To, 1. The VI Additional Judicial Magistrate of 1®‘ Class Magistrate for Railways Cum VI Additional Civil Judge Court at Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, Vizag Central Prison, Vizag. 3. The SHO, Visakhaptnam Police Station, GRP Vijayawada District. 4. One CC to SRI. DASARl RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCS to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy ksr HIGH COURT DR.YLR, J DATED:21/11/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.11486 of 2025 ALLOWED ^ efw 70 iac fe...