APHC010712862025 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: 13490/2025 Between: 1. LANKA SRI KALYAN RAM, S/O RAMESH AGED 22 YEARS,D.NO. 8- 3-22, KOTA MUNDU, KOTHPETA,PEDDAPURAM CELL 9963462759,AADHAR NO. 859602924334. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...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 release the petitioner on bail in Cr. No.210/2025 Kirlampudi Police Station and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KOPPISETTI PARVATI DEVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13490/2025 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner herein/Accused No.6, seeking regular bail, in Cr. No.210 of 2025 Kirlampudi Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(C) read with 20(b)(ii)(C) of the NDPS, Act, 1985. 2. Brief facts of the case are that, on 10.12.2025, at about 03:00 PM, on receipt of credible information, the SI of police, Kirlampurdi P.S., along with staff conducted raid on NH-16 road nearby quay of Polavaram canal, Burugupudi Village, Krilampudi Mandal and found that the petitioner and other accused were in possession and transporting 12 packets of ganja weighing 24.690 Kgs and the contraband and other material were seized from the possession of accused under the mediators’ report. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. Perused the material on record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner/Accused No.6 was arrested on 10.12.2025 and since then, he has been in judicial custody. Investigation may have been completed by this date. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the case is still under investigation and some more witnesses are to be examined and the statutory 3 period is not over. The quantity of contraband involved in present crime is 24.690 Kgs of Ganja, which is a commercial quantity. 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, petitioner does not deserve for grant of bail at this stage. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________________________________ DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 20.01.2026. UPS 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13490/2025 Dt.20.01.2026 UPS