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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF DECEMBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13141/2025

Between:

Lavudiya Sambayya ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED

AND

The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT

Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. BHOOMA MAHARSHI REDDY

Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The Court made the following:

ORDER:

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.7 on bail in Crime No.183 of 2025 of

Gudlavalloru Police Station, Krishna District, registered against the

Petitioner/Accused No.7 herein for the offence punishable under Section 8(c)

read with Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’).

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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 is that he

along with other accused were found in possession and transportation of 3.1

kgs of ganja. It is not a commercial quantity. The Petitioner/Accused No.7 is

an impressionable age of 22 years. He is a permanent resident of Nidumolu

Village, Mandal, Krishna District. He has got fixed abode. He does not have

previous adverse antecedents. The petitioner was arrested on 02.12.2025. He

has been in the judicial custody for the past 27 days. So far, seven witnesses

are examined. They are all material and official witnesses. Substantial portion

of the investigation is completed. No application was filed seeking for custodial

interrogation of the petitioner. If the petitioner is enlarged on bail, no prejudice

would be caused to the prosecution.

4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, gravity and nature

of the allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.7, this Court is

inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.7 on bail with the following

stringent conditions:

i. The Petitioner/Accused No.7 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 each for the like sum

each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial First Class

Magistrate, Gudivada.

ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.7 shall appear before the

Station House Officer, Gudlavalloru Police Station, Krishna

District, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm,

till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court.

iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.7 shall not leave the limits of the

State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the

Station House Officer concerned.

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iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.7 shall not commit or indulge in

commission of any offence in future.

v. The Petitioner/Accused No.7 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.7 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 or to any police officer.

vii. The Petitioner/Accused No.7 shall surrender his passport,

if any, to the investigating officer. If he claims that he does not

have a passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the

Investigating Officer.

5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed.

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DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J

Date: 29.12.2025

KMS

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THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13141 OF 2025

29.12.2025

KMS