APHC010293562025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6040/2025 Between: 1. GUDLA VINOD REDDY @ GUDLA VINOD KUMAR REDDY, @ GUDIA VINOD KUMAR REDDY S/O.G.VENKATA RAMANA, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, R/O.D.NO.48-21-16, 0PP. GMT EYE HOSPITAL, VINAYAKANAGAR, NEAR RAMA TALKIES, VISAKHAPATNAM, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Through S.H.O, Anandapuram Police Station Rep.by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. V SURYA KIRAN KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6040 of 2025 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 482 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner herein/Accused No.10, seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.59 of 2023 of Anandapuram Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissioinerate, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) and 8(c) of the NDPS Act. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 23.01.2023 at 10.00 hours, at Vemulavalasa Flyover Bridge, Y Junction, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam, A1 to A5 were found in possession of 1000 Kgs of Ganja transporting the same in Eicher Vehicle. The contraband was seized under the cover of mediators report and accused were remanded to judicial custody. Basing on the confession statement of co-accused, the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused No.10. 3. Heard Sri V. Surya Kiran Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner was falsely implicated in the present basing on the confession statement of co- accused. Hence, prays to grant anticipatory bail. 3 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the contraband involved in the present case is 1000 Kgs which is a huge quantity. The petitioner herein is A10 who is seller of Ganja and there is incriminating material against him gathered during the course of investigation. It is further submitted that 7 more cases are pending against the petitioner herein out of which 2 cases are NDPS 7. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the request of the petitioner cannot be considered at this juncture inasmuch as there are no reasonable grounds to believe that the petitioner has not indulged in the commission of the alleged offence. There are no merits in the Criminal Petition for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Hence, the Criminal Petition is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________________________________ DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 18.02.2026. ARB 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6040 of 2025 Dt.18.02.2026 ARB