1 APHC010708512025 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: 13429/2025 Between: 1. ADIL ASIF, S/O NOT KNOWN, AGED 30 YEARS.RESIDING AT DL-66 VILLA, PANORAMA HILLS,P.M. PALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh,Through Nekarekal Police Station. ...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 grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner/Accused no. 1 in the event of his arrest in Crime.No. 355 of 2025, On the file of the P.M. Palem Police Station, Visakhapatnam City and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13429 of 2025 Order: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), by the Petitioner/Accused No.1 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Cr.No.355 of 2025 of P.M Palem Police Station, Visakhapatanam City, registred for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the Criminal Petition. 3. Permission is accorded. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. 5. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 20.01.2026 ARB 3 204 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13429 of 2025 Date: 20.01.2026 ARB