APHC010056752025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: Between: 1. PANGI SANTHI, W/O.GIRI, AGED 35 YEARS, ST KONDHU BY CASTE, VATTIBUSULA VILLAGE, BENNAVARAM PANCHAYAT, CHINTAPALLI MANDAL, ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU DISTRICT. 1. THE STATE OF AP, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati, Through Station House Officer K.D.Peta Police Station. Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. ANIMIREDDI PAVAN KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1208/2025 PANGI SANTHI, W/O.GIRI, AGED 35 YEARS, ST KONDHU BY CASTE, VATTIBUSULA VILLAGE, BENNAVARAM PANCHAYAT, CHINTAPALLI MANDAL, ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF AP, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati, Through Station House Officer K.D.Peta Police Station. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: ANIMIREDDI PAVAN KUMAR Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY PANGI SANTHI, W/O.GIRI, AGED 35 YEARS, ST KONDHU BY CASTE, VATTIBUSULA VILLAGE, BENNAVARAM PANCHAYAT, CHINTAPALLI MANDAL, ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED THE STATE OF AP, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati, Through Station House Officer K.D.Peta Police Station. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A.3, seeking 2 regular bail, in Crime No.113 of 2024 of K.D.Peta Police Station, Anakapalli District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 04.10.2024, at about 8.00 am, on credible information about illegal transportation of Ganja, the Sub- Inspector of Police, K.D.Peta Police Station, along with his staff and mediators, proceeded to Alluripark and while conducting vehicle checking, three male persons and one female persons disembarked from an auto coming from Sarabannapalem Village and tried to escape from that place. Immediately, the police arrested A.2 to A.5 and seized 181 Kgs. of Ganja from their possession, but A.1 escaped therefrom. The contraband along with vehicle and other material was seized under cover of 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 181 Kgs. of Ganja was seized from the possession of the accused, which is a commercial quantity. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the investigation is not yet completed and that A.1 is yet to be apprehended. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A.3. 3 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J. Date: 12.02.2025 Tjn/anr 4 154 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1208 OF 2025 Date: 12.02.2025 Tjn/anr