I/ I _ ----`o.- + IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMA FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRU TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.I 1882 OF 2025 Betwee n : Ranjit Bhoi, s/o.Bhubane Bhoi, Aged 42 years, R/o Gambhariguda Village Dhanpur Post, Tususra PS and Mandal, Balangeir District. Petitioner/Accused-5 AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati, Through Station House Officer, GRP Police Station. Respondent Petition under Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, (New Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023) praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/ A.5 on Regular Bail in connection with crime No.323/2023 on the file of GRP Police Station, Visakhapatnam District dated:09.09.2023 COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER : MS KOLLI USHA KIRANMAYEE COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMlNA| P NNO gBPEBi This Criminal Petition, under Sect-Ions 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the Petitioner/A5, seeking regular bail, in cr'lme No.323/2023 of VisakhaPatnam, GRP V-ljayawada. 2. A case has been reg'lStered against the Pet'ltiOner herein and Others for the offence punishable under sect-Ion 8(c) read With 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and PsychotrOPiC Substances Act,1985. 3. Case of the Prosecution, in brief, iS that, On 09.09.2023, at about o2.30 pm, on receipt Of Cred-Ible 'lnfOrmatiOn, the Sub-Inspector Of Police, GRP, Visakhapatnam, along With his Staff and mediators, COnduCted checking at p[at form no.8 in Visakhapatnam railway Station and found Al to A4 in suspicious Circumstances. On enquiry, Al to A4 revealed their identity particulars and police seized 32.2 kgs Of ganja from their possession. Dur-lng 'lnterrOgat'lOn, Al to A4 confessed that they Purchased ganja from A5 and A6. As such, the Petitioner Was arrested and got remanded to jud'ICial Custody On 19.12.2024. 4, Heard. PerusedthereCOrd. 5. The petitioner/A5 was arrested On 19.12.2024 and since then he iS in judic-lal custody. The quant'lty Of Ganja allegedly Seized from the cz-I-ff€.a i possessl-on of other .accused I'S 32.2 kgs. Learned Assistant public Prosecutor subml'tted that major portion of investigation has been completed. The petl'tjoner I'S I'n jud,-cjal remand for more than 40 days. 6. sl'nce the petitI'Oner herein/A5 is languishlng in jal'l since 19.12.2024 and sI-nee major portion of investigation js completed, this court I-S jnclI-ned to grant bal'l to the petitioner/A5 on the following condjtjons. D The petitI'Oner/A5 sha" be released on ba" on his executing personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) wl'th two suretl'es of the ll'ke sum each to the satI'SfaCtI'On of the learned Metropolitan sessions Judge, visakhapatnam,I iD On release, the petitioner sha" appear before the station House officer concerned, once I'n a week I-.e., on every sunday between 10.00 am and o1,00 pm, tm fill-ng Of the charge sheet. Accordl'ngly, the crimI'nal Petition l's allowed. /ITRUE COPY// SD/-G.HELANAIDU ASSISTANT RZjTRAR SECTION OFFICER i To] 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam 2. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam 3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam 4. The Station House Officer, GRP Police Station, Visakhapatnam District 5. One CC to MS KOLLI USHA KIRANMAYEE Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P[OUT] 7. One spare copy HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED :28/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.1882 of2025 ALLOWED -i'_'-_rty--_in;givI€ I:'l+i o5 MAR 2825 eeF=givg`ag J` --