APHC010715462025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13513/2025 Between: YEDDU NARENDRA SAI, S/O CHANDRA SEKHAR, AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS,N/O PEDDA STREET, JONNAGUDDI VILLAGE,VIZIANAGARAM,R/O. AGRAHARAM, PITAPURAM (T),KAKINADA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.1 AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravathi ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: PULAPALLI BABJI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.13513 of 2025 Dated 07.01.2026 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.168 of 2025 of Makavarapalem Police Station, Anakapalli District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c), 25 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 Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, the allegation against the petitioner/Accused No.1 is that he was allegedly found in possession and transportation of 6.00 kgs of ganja, which is not a commercial quantity. The petitioner was arrested on 10.12.2025. He has been in judicial custody for the past 28 days. So far, five witnesses have been examined. They are all material and official witnesses. The chance of the petitioner threatening the witnesses and tampering with the evidence or hampering the investigation may not arise. There are no similar criminal adverse antecedents reported against the petitioner. The petitioner is a permanent resident of Agraharam, Pitapuram, Kakinada District. He has got fixed abode. If he is enlarged on bail with some stringent conditions, he may not evade the process of law. No application 3 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.13513 of 2025 Dated 07.01.2026 seeking custodial interrogation has been filed. The period for custodial interrogation is also completed. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of the allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.1, this Court is inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail with some stringent conditions. 5. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following stringent conditions: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narsipatnam. 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 leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. 4 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.13513 of 2025 Dated 07.01.2026 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. vi. 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. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 07.01.2026 RSI 5 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.13513 of 2025 Dated 07.01.2026 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13513 of 2025 Date: 07.01.2026 RSI