1 APHC010699412025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13294/2025 Between: 1. RAGHUVEER ROY, S/O SIVANAND ROY HINDU AGED 45 YEARS, NAKKA RAJU BABU LAYOUT, PLOT NO 18, KONDAGUNTURU VILLAGE, RAJANAGRAM MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. AS PER ADHAR CARD D.NO. 115-13-363/7 RAJA RAJESWARI TEMPLE, KONTHAMURU VILLAGE, RAJAHMUNDRY. 2. PRASANTHI ROY, S/O RAGHUVEER ROY , AGED 35 YEARS, HINDU R/O D.NO. 115-13-363/7 RAJA RAJESWARI TEMPLE KONTHAMURU VILLAGE, RAJAHMUNDRY RURAL. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) 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(S): 1. KOPPISETTI PARVATI DEVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13294 OF 2026 ORDER:- The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.’)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the Petitionersd /Accused Nos.3 and 4 on bail in Crime.No.236 of 2025 of Rajanagar Police Station, East Godavari District, registered against the Petitioners herein for the offences punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(c) 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 Petitioners/ Accused Nos.3 and 4 were brought in this case only on the confession of accused No.1. The contraband involved in this case is not a commercial quantity. There are no similar criminal antecedents reported against the petitioners. No application has been filed seeking extension of the judicial remand of the petitioners before the Trial Court. The petitioners were arrested on 19.09.2025 and have been in judicial custody for the past 129 days. The investigation is not yet completed and the charge sheet has not been filed. However, despite the expiry of the statutory 3 period, the investigation has not been completed and the charge sheet has not been filed. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 are permanent residents of Kondagunturu Village, Rajanagaram Mandal. They have got fixed abode. 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that there are no adverse antecedents against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 and no report was filed before the learned Court below by the learned Public Prosecutor concerned seeking for extension period of judicial custody of the petitioner upto one year by indicating the progress of investigation and the specific reasons for the detention of the accused beyond the initial period. 5. Considering the period of detention undergone by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 in judicial custody for the past 129 days, the nature and gravity of allegation levelled against the petitioners, and their alleged role played in the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail with the following stringent conditions: i. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 shall be enlarged on bail subject to they executing a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rajamahendravaram. ii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 shall appear before the Station House Officer, Rajanagar Police Station, East Godavari District, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. 4 iii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 shall not leave the limits of the District without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. iv. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. v. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 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. vi. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 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 Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 shall surrender their passport, if any, to the concerned Magistrate Court. If they claim that they do not have a passport, they shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the concerned Magistrate Court. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. __________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 27.01.2026 S D P 5 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13294 OF 2025 27.01.2026 S D P