APHC010081872025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1776/2025 Between: Ualangi Ramanna Padal, and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, has been filed by the petitioners herein/A1 to A3, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.595 of 2024 of Pendurthy Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Case of the prosecution is that, on 17.12.2024, on receipt of credible information about illegal cultivation and possession of ganja, the Sub-Inspector of police, along with his staff and mediators rushed to Gavara Jaggayyapalem Village, Pendurthi, and caught the accused 2 in possession of 10 Kgs of Hash oil. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. 3. Heard. Perused the record. 4. The petitioners herein were arrested on 17.12.2024 and since then they have been in judicial custody. The quantity of contraband involved in present crime is 10 Kgs of Hash oil, which is a commercial quantity. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the case is still under investigation and some more witnesses are to be examined. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, petitioners does not deserve for grant of bail at this stage. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. _____________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J Dated:25.02.2025 Asr 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.1776 of 2025 Dated:25.02.2025 Asr