Date of reserved for orders : Nil Date of pronouncement : 14.07.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010340172026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY, THE 14th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5453/2026 Between: JERRILE SRINU ALIAS SAYYAD SEENIIBRAMUSHA ALIAS SRINU, S/O. MIRAN MOHIDDIN, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS,R/O. JERRILA VILLAGE, G.K. VEEDHI MANDAL,ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.5453 of 2026 Dated 14.07.2026 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.2 on bail in Crime No.20 of 2016 of Narsipatnam Rural Police Station, Anakapalli District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.2 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. Mr.G.Maheswara Rao, the learned counsel for the Petitioner, submits that the Petitioner is innocent of the alleged offence and he has been falsely implicated in the alleged offence. He has not committed any offence. He is a law-abiding citizen. He has got fixed abode. It is further submitted that the specific role of the petitioner has been clearly mentioned in the charge sheet. The case pertains to the year 2016, and the charge sheet has already been filed. The petitioner has been in judicial custody for the past 96 days pursuant to his arrest on the execution of the Non-Bailable Warrant on 09.04.2026. The Petitioner undertakes to abide by any conditions that this Court may impose while granting bail to the Petitioner. Therefore, he prays that the present petition be allowed. 3 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.5453 of 2026 Dated 14.07.2026 3. Per contra, Mr.A.Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, vehemently opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner and submitted that though the charge sheet has already been filed in the case, the accusations against the petitioner are well founded. Hence, he urged that the petition be dismissed. 4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 5. As seen from the record, the case is of the year 2016. The allegation against the petitioner is that he, along with the other accused, was indulging in dealing with 625.00 kgs of ganja, which is not only a commercial quantity but also a colossal quantity. After a thorough investigation, the charge sheet was filed showing the petitioner as an absconding accused. For the past ten years, the petitioner had been absconding. Consequently, the learned Trial Court was constrained to issue a Non-Bailable Warrant, which was executed on 09.04.2026. Ever since, the petitioner has been in judicial custody. If the petitioner is enlarged on bail, there is every likelihood that he would evade the process of law and would not cooperate with the learned Trial Court for the expeditious disposal of the case. 6. Having regard to the entire facts and circumstances of the case, the specific accusations levelled against the petitioner, which are prima facie well founded in the charge sheet, the nature and gravity of the offence, and 4 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.5453 of 2026 Dated 14.07.2026 the conduct of the petitioner in absconding for nearly ten years, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.2 on bail at this juncture. Accordingly, this Court finds no merit in the Criminal Petition, and the same is liable to be dismissed. 7. However, having regard to the fact that the petitioner is now in judicial custody, the learned Trial Court is directed to take all necessary steps to expedite the trial and dispose of the case as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with law. 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 14.07.2026 RSI Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No 5 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.5453 of 2026 Dated 14.07.2026 23 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5453 of 2026 Date: 14.07.2026 RSI