APHC010452202026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY, THE 7th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7521/2026 Between: 1. PANGI CHANDAR, S/O DOMBU, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, C/VALMIKI,R/O KUMMARIPALLI VILLAGE, DUPPALAWADA PANCHAYAT,G.K.VEEDHI MANDAL, ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Through Station House Officer, II Town Law and Order Police Station, Rajamahendravaram, Represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DUGGIRALA SUBASH 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.1 on bail in Crime No.165 of 2023 of II Town (Law and Order) Police Station, Rajamahendravaram, registered for the 2 offences punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Mr.Duggirala Subash, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offence and he has been falsely implicated by the police. He is law-abiding citizen. He is the sole breadwinners of the family. The petitioner undertakes to strictly adhere to any conditions that may be imposed by this Court. In light of the foregoing submissions, the learned counsel prays that the present petition be allowed in the interest of justice. 3. Per contra, Mr.A.Sai Rohith, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner, submitting that the charge sheet has been already filed in this case and the accusations are well founded against the petitioner. In view of the foregoing submissions, it is 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, this is the 2nd bail application filed by the petitioner/Accused No.1. This Court, on 24.07.2026, dismissed the 1st bail application vide Criminal Petition No.5514 of 2026. The reason for dismissal of the 1st bail application was that charge sheet has already been filed and the accusations were founded against the petitioner, as per the submissions of 3 the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. In paragraph 10 of the charge sheet, it is mentioned that Accused Nos.2 to 5 had revealed about the complicity of the petitioner involved in this case to the police. Except this material, there is no other material available against the petitioner collected in the course of investigation. Allegation against the petitioner/Accused No.1 is that he sold 188 Kgs. of ganja to other accused. No doubt, it is a commercial quantity, but the incriminating material available against the petitioner is only the co-accused confession, that too given in the presence of police. 6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, gravity of nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail with stringent conditions. 7. 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.10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakh only) with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge under the NDPS Act-cum-I Additional Sessions Judge at Rajamahendravaram. ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the learned trial Court on each and every adjournment without fail. 4 iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the learned trial Court. iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. v. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make themselves 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: 07.09.2026 BMS