APHC010021232026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 338 OF 2026 Between: 1. ERIKIPATI SANDEEP, AMBEDKAR NAGAR,DOKIPARRU VILLAGE, GUDLAVALLERU MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. UDAY KUMAR VAMPUGADAVALA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 338 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 Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail in Crime No. 183 of 2025 of Gudlavalleru Police Station, Krishna District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 herein for the offence punishable under Section 8(C) read with 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that on 02.12.2025 at 8.00 hrs near Railway Station, Kowthavaram Village, on receipt of credible information, the Police caught hold the Accused and seized 3.100 grams of ganja and one motor cycle with 9 mobile phones from the Accused along with others and registered the above crime. 3. Heard Mr. V. Uday Kumar, the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that the Petitioner was arrested on 02.12.2025 and he has been in judicial custody since then. The Petitioner is a permanent resident of Dokiparru Village, Gudlavalleru Mandal, Krishna District. The Petitioner is ready to furnish sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of learned Trial Court to assure his presence for the purpose of trial. 5. Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 6. Considering the submissions made, on perusal of the material on record since it is not the stage to decide the culpability by accepting allegations. This Court granted bail to the Accused No.7 in this crime on 29.12.2025 vide Crl.P.No.13141 of 2025. In that view, since the Petitioner/ Accused No.1 is also on the same footing, it is desirable to release the Petitioner on regular bail with the following stringent conditions: 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Gudivada. ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the Station House Officer, Gudlavalleru Police Station, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. v. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make himself available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. vi. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. vii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If he claims that he do not have passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. ___________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 20.01.2026 KK