THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1935 OF 2025 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners/A1 and A2, seeking bail, in Crime No.216/2024 of Kirlampudi Police Station, Kakinada District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners for the offence under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 25.11.2024 at 7.00 am, on receipt of credible information regarding illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the S.I of Police, Kirlampudi Police Station, along with staff and mediators, started conducting vehicle checking at NH-16 road, 684 km stone, Somavaram Village, Kirlampudi Mandal, Kakinada District and found one Bolero goods carriage vehicle bearing registration No.AP 26 TE 7786. On seeing the police, the inmates in the Bolero vehicle tried to escape. Then, the police apprehended two persons, who are A1 and A2, and on interrogation, they disclosed their identity particulars and police found 163.545 kgs of ganja in the Bolero vehicle. Police seized the contraband and the vehicle, and arrested the accused and got them remanded to judicial custody on 25.11.2024. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 2 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that investigation is not yet completed and some more witnesses are to be examined and further submitted that huge quantity of contraband was found in possession of the accused and prays to dismiss the Criminal Petition. 6. A perusal of the material available on record goes to show that the petitioners/A1 and A2 were arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 25.11.2024, and police, on credible information, seized 163.545 kgs of ganja, which is a huge quantity, from the possession of the petitioners. As stated by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the investigation is at nascent stage. Hence, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at this stage. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _______________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J Dated: 28.02.2025 RD 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.1935 of 2025 Dated: 28.02.2025 RD