APHC010639782025 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: 12312/2025 Between: 1. GANAPAT LAL, S/O. KISHORE KUMAR, AGED 29 YEARS,NEAR RAILWAY STATION, BISHANGARHTEHSIL, JALORE, RAJASTHAN. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Spl.Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati, Through the Superintendent of Customs, Customs Preventive Commissionerate,Vijayawada ...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/A2, on Regular Bail in respect to the Crime No.VI 11/10/24/2023-customs Preventive Commissioner ate, Vijayawada and in Sessions Case No.95 of 2024 on the file of XII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of cases under NDPS Act, Vijayawada Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. AJAY KONDAVEETI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. SANTHI CHANDRA (Sr. Standing Counsel for CBIC) 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12312/2025 ORDER: The instant Criminal Petition, under Section 483 of B.N.S.S., 2023 (u/s.439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) has been filed, seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.2, on regular bail in connection with in Cr No. VIII/10/24/2023-Customs Preventive Commissionerate, Vijayawada and in Sessions Case No.95 of 2024 on the file of XII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of cases under NDPS Act, Vijayawada. 2. None represented on behalf of the petitioner. Heard Sri Santhi Chandra, learned Standing Counsel for CBIC. 3. The proceeding sheet dated 17.12.2025 would also show that there was no representation on behalf of the petitioner. 4. As can be seen from the record, the contraband seized from the possession of the petitioner is 203.306 Kgs, which is a large commercial quantity. This Court vide Orders dated 12.08.2025 in Crl.P.No.6317 of 2025, dismissed the earlier bail application. 5. Learned Standing Counsel would submit that charge sheet is filed, the Court has taken cognizance which is numbered as S.C.No.95 of 2024 on the file of the learned XII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of cases under NDPS Act, Vijayawada. The trial has already 3 commenced and some of the witnesses were already examined in the month of December, 2025 itself. 6. In the light of the aforementioned premises, this Court is not inclined grant bail to the petitioner at this stage and the petition is liable to be dismissed. 7. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed. Consequently, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________________ DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 20.01.2026. UPS 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12312/2025 Dt.20.01.2026 UPS