1 `APHC010006742026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 148/2026 Between: 1. PANGI VENKATA RAO, S/O BANGM, AGED 50 YEARS,R/O BODDAPUTTU VILLAGE KUDUMUSARI PANCHAYAT,CHINTAPALLI DISTRICT, ASR DISTRICT, A.P. 2. VANTALA RANGA RAO, S/O CHINNAYYA, AGED 25 YEARS,R/O KILUMULU VILLAGE KUDUMUSARI PANCHAYAT,CHINTAPALLI DISTRICT, ASR DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to release the Petitioners/Accused No. 2 & 5 on bail in Crime No. 36 of 2025, On the file of the G. Madugula Police Station and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 148 of 2026 Order: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 5 on bail in Cr.No.36 of 2025 of G.Madugula Police Station, Visakhapatanam District, for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(B), 25 of the of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the Criminal Petition. 3. Permission is accorded. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. 5. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 23.01.2026 ARB 3 326 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 148 of 2026 Date: 23.01.2026 ARB