APHC010703362025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13360/2025 Between: PICHANKUNN ASHERI NASIK ALIAS NAZIK P K, S/O LATE NAZER, AGED 29 YEARS,R/O LINE VEEDU, VITH KADU, MEPPADI VILLAGE POST,KOTTAPPADI, WAYANAD DISTRICT, STATE OF KERALA. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.1 AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, ,Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradeshat Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.13360 of 2025 Dated 05.01.2026 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 Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail in Crime No.176 of 2025 of Kothavalasa Police Station, Vizianagaram District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) read with 8(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. On perusal of the record, the allegation against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 is that he was in possession and transportation of 1 kg of ganja. It is not a commercial quantity. There is one adverse case of a similar nature reported against the Petitioner in the State of Kerala. The Petitioner is a permanent resident of Meppadi Village & Post, Kottappadi, Wayanad District, Kerala State. He has got fixed abode. The Petitioner was arrested on 08.12.2025. He has been in judicial custody for the past 28 days. No application has been filed seeking his custodial interrogation. So far, 5 witnesses have been examined. Substantial portion of the investigation with regard to the alleged role played by the Petitioner in this case has been completed. There is a fat chance for the petitioner to escape from the clutches of law if he is enlarged on bail. 3 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.13360 of 2025 Dated 05.01.2026 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.1, this Court is inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail with the following stringent conditions: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail subject to him executing a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kothavalasa. ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 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. 4 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.13360 of 2025 Dated 05.01.2026 v. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make himself available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 05.01.2026 PRA