4 [ 3521 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI . MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12973 OF 2025 - t a Between: 1. Kirankumar Thanamuni, S/o. Thanamuni, aged about 20 years,R/o. 1/252, Y. Pudupatti, Arumpalur Post,Pudupatti, Madurai North Taluk, Tamil Nadu State 2. Pandi Saravanan, S/o. Saravanan, aged about 27 years,R/o. H.No.63, Senthilkumaran Street, DRO Colony Road,Madurai North, K. Pudur, Tamil Nadu State. 3. Rahul Das, S/o. Aradhana Das, aged about 28 years,R/o. Gotistha, Gatistha Village, Mangolkote Sub-Division,Barddhaman District, West Bengal State. ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. At AMARAVATHI .... Respondent Petition under Section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C is filed, praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 3 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.414/2025 of Visakhapatnam Railway P.S., Visakhapatnam. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate for the Petitioners, Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent and the Court made the following. ORDER HKvV-. APHC010679002025 » IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12973/2025 Between: 1.KIRANKUMAR THANAMUNI, S/0. THANAMUNI, AGED ABOUT 20 YEARS,R/O. 1/252, Y PUDUPATTI, ARUMPALUR POST,PUDUPATTI, MADURAI NORTH TALUK, TAMIL NADU STATE 2.PANDI SARAVANAN, S/0. SARAVANAN, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS,R/O. H.N0.63, SENTHILKUMARAN STREET, DRO COLONY ROAD,MADURAI NORTH, K. PUDUR, TAMIL NADU STATE. 3. RAHUL DAS, S/O. ARADHANA DAS, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS,R/O. GOTISTHA, GATISTHA VILLAGE, MANGOLKOTE SUB DIVISION, BARDDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL STATE. ...PETITIONERS/ACCUSED NOS.1 TO 3 AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh. AtAMARAVATHI ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARARAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 / Dr.YLR.J Crl..PNo.12973of2025 Dated 06.01.2026 The Court made the following: 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.1 to 3 on bail in Crime No.414 of 2025 of Visakhapatnam Railway Police Station, Visakhapatnam, registeredagainstthe Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, the allegation against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 were spot arrested while they were in possession and transportation of 6.00 kgs of ganja. The seized contraband is not a commercial quantity. The petitioners were arrested on 28.11.2025. They have been in the judicial custody for the past 39 days. So far, seven witnesses have been examined. Substantial portion of the investigation with regard to the alleged role played by the petitioners is completed. The petitioner/Accused No.1 is a resident of Arumpalur Post, Pudupatti, Madurai North Taluk, Tamil Nadu State. The petitioner/Accused No.2 is a resident of DRO Colony Road, Madurai North, K. Pudur, Tamil Nadu State. 4. The petitioner/Accused No.3 is a resident of Gatistha Village, Barddhaman 3 Dr. YLR,J CrI..PNo. 12973 of 2025 Dated 06.01.2026 District, West Bengal State. They have got fixed abode. The petitioner/Accused No.1 is at an impressionable age of 20 years. There similar criminal adverse antecedents are no reported against the petitioners. No petitioners was filed. If some stringent conditions, they may not evade application seeking for custodial interrogation of the they are enlarged on bail with the process of law 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the gravity of allegations levelled against the Petitioners/Accused Court is inclined to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused some stringent conditions. case, the nature and Nos.1 to 3, this Nos.1 to 3 on bail with 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following stringent conditions: I. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 shall be enlarged on bail subject to their executing a bond for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned VI Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class Magistrate for Railways-Cum-VI Additional Court, Visakhapatnam. ii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 shall the Station House Officer concerned two Civil Judge appear before on every Saturday in 4 V Dr.YLRJ S/ Crl..PNo.12973of2025 ^ Dated 06.01.2026 between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. iii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 shall not leave the limits of the District without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. iv. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. V. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make themselves available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. r vi. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 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. Sp/- B.PRASAD RAO SECTIONo^ICER //TRUE COPY// To, 1. The VI Addl. Judicial Magistrate of I Class Magistrate for I Addl. C,v,l Judge Court, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. ■ Visakhapatnart,. ■ One CC to SRI. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSFri imp u- u ^ [OUT] OSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh 6. One spare copy Railways-cum- ksr HIGH COURT DR.YLR, J DATED :06/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.12973 of 2025 ALLOWED 1 a 6 JAN 2026 s