APHC010708062025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13419/2025 Between: 1.SHUKRA KHILLA, S/O ROGU KHILLA, AGED 36 YEARS, R/O ANAGEL VILLAGE, BADHADHURAL PANCHAYAT, KORAPUT BLOCK, MALKANGIRI DISTRICT, ODISHA ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.SRINIVASA RAO MARUPILLA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 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.2 on bail in Crl.M.P.No.3768/2025 in Cr.No.41 of 2025 of Munchingiput Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, 2 registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.3 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 111(2)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’) and Section 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with 8(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner has been detained in judicial custody beyond the statutory period prescribed under law, namely 180 days, and that as on date the Petitioner has undergone incarceration for 200 days. 3. Per contra, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor contends that an application was duly moved before the Learned Sessions Judge seeking extension of the period of remand beyond 180 days, and that the said application was considered and allowed, thereby extending the remand period up to 230 days. 4. In view of the above, learned Counsel for the Petitioner prays for liberty to assail the order of the learned Sessions Judge, whereby the remand has been extended up to 230 days, by filing an appropriate application before the competent forum. 5. Considering the submissions made, permission as sought for is accorded to the Petitioner to challenge the said order in accordance with law. 6. With the grant of such liberty, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 06.02.2026 VTS