.. lN THE HIGH COURT7 OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl MONDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.- THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUNA RAO Between : CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2279 OF 2025 I 3369 `_yty -i =. -`, F`; {,` 1. Giridhara PandI'a, S/o Late Gangadhar Pandia Aged 27 Years, residI'ng at Parajbbl-mandoI Village, Baalada Block, Padwa, Koraput District, Odl'sha State. 2. Manoj Sobaru S/o Dasa Sobar, Aged 24 Years, residing at Dolaba Village, Dolal-guda Pachayat, Koraput Distrl-ct Odisha State Petitl-oner/Accused-No. A-1 & A-2 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Publl'c Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of AmaravathI' at Andhra Pradesh State Respondent/ComplaI-nant Petition under sections 437 and 439 of Cr.P.C(New Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,2023), I-S filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed l'n support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioners on bail in Cr. No.249/2024, Parvatipuram Rural Police Station. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petl-tI|On and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri KOPPISETTI PARVATI DEVl, Advocate for the petitionerj and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent, the court made the following ORDER i,lj APHCO10109022025 T/ lN THE HIGH COURTOFANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2279/2025 Between : Giridhara Pandia and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KOPPISETTI PARVATI DEVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PuBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court Made the foI[owinq Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, has been filed by the petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.249 of 2024 of Parvathipuram Rural Police Station, Parvathipuram Manyam District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short `the NDPS Act? . 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 05.12.2024, on receipt of credible information about illegal transportation of GanJ'a, the Sub-Inspector of Police along with his staff and mediators rushed to the outskirts of Adaru village, and caught the accused in possession of 12.606 Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. E= iE -I '- JJ 3. Heard. Perused the record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are in judicial custody since 05.12.2O24. Learned counsel for the Petitioners further Submits that the Petitioners have Permanent abode and there is no possibility of their fleeing away from the jurisdiction of the Court. 5. The petitioners are in judicial custody since o5.12.2024. The quantity of Ganja allegedly seized from the possession of the Petitioners iS 12.606 Kgs. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the petitioners herein have no previous crime record. As most of the investigation might have been completed by this time and most of the witnesses are shown to be official witnesses, the release of the accused would not cause hampering of investigation. 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. The petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2 shall be released on bail on each of them executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,OOO/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) each with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Parvathipuram. On release, petitioners shall appear before the station b` House Officer concerned, once in a fortnight, for a period of three (3) months. r\ A i :TEA: sD/- G AS SIST AN Fol /ITRUE COPY// psk NAIDU I s|. RAP sECT\bN 6FE\CER _ .`Af{ 1. The Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Parvathipuram. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam. 3. The SHO., Parvatipuram Rural Police Station,Vizianagaram District. 4. One CC to SRl, KOPPISETTI PARVATI DEVI Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P [OPUC] 6. One spare copy ~/ \ HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED:24/03/2025 BAIL ORDER 'CRLP.No.2279 of 2025 ALLOWED ;¥r€:¥_=j#;,I-~, £% llH NIhR 1`15 :I:TT``---I-::::_..-€-i::--i l'::--::`=-+ii--=i` -.:-`: ``:: I..:.I:+I. i;'`