APHC010024512026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 365/2026 Between: 1. VISHAL SINGH CHOUHAN, S/O NANU SINGH CHOUHAN, AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS, OCC. PVT. EMPLOYEE, R/O. 9 MATHA SRINIVAS, NEAR RENUKA TEMPLE, DODDA BOMMA SANDHRA, BENGALURU NORTH, KARNATAKA STATE. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of 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 enlarge the petitioner on Regular Bail to the Petitioner/ Accused No.1 in Crime No. 1220 of 2025 dated 20.11.2025 of Nallapadu Police Station, Guntur District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. JAGAN MOHAN RAO MANNAVA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 365 of 2026 ORDER : The Criminal Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2024 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the petitioner/accused No.1, seeking regular bail in Crime No.1220 of 2025 of Nallapadu Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 21(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 20.11.2025 at 11.30 hours, the complainant on receiving credible information regarding transport of drugs, proceeded along with his staff and mediators to Y Junction, NH-16, Ankireddipalem Village, Guntur Rural and found Accused Nos.1 and 2 in possession of 11 grams of MDMA drug (3-4 Methylenedioxy – N – Methamphetamine). The contraband along with other material and vehicles were seized under the cover of mediators report and accused were remanded to judicial custody. 3. Heard Sri Jagan Mohan Mannava, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, representing the State/Respondent. 4. A perusal of material on record goes to show that, police seized 11 Kgs of MDMA drug (3-4 Methylenedioxy – N – Methamphetamine) from the possession of petitioner and another in the presence of two mediators and 3 under the cover of a mediatornama. As per the NDPS Schedule notification, the seized quantity which is more than 10 grams would amount to commercial quantity. It is submitted by the learned Special Assistant Public Prosecutor that investigation is at nascent stage. 5. In view of the above, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 04.02.2026 ARB 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 365 of 2026 04.02.2026 ARB