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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: 13142/2025

Between:

Siripurapu Chandrasekhar Alias Chandu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED

AND

The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT

Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. BALABHADRUNI MANOHAR

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.1 on bail in Crime No.311 of 2025 of

Gopalapatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, registered against the

Petitioner/Accused No.1 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 the other accused, was found in possession of and transporting 6

kgs of ganja. It is not a commercial quantity. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 is

an impressionable age of 22 years. There are no adverse antecedents

reported against the petitioner. However, he is alleged to have committed an

offence punishable under Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (for

brevity ‘the BNS.,’ vide Crime No.174 of 2025. The petitioner is a permanent

resident of Kotha Veedhi, Pydithalamma Colony, Simhachalam,

Visakhapatnam District. He has got fixed abode. The petitioner was arrested

on 09.09.2025. He has been in the judicial custody for the past 49 days. So

far, three witnesses are examined. They are all material and official witnesses.

Material portion of the investigation is completed. Therefore, chances of the

petitioner threatening the witnesses, hampering the investigation, or

tampering with the evidence may not arise.

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

of the allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.1, this Court is

inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail 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 each for the like sum

each to the satisfaction of the learned II Additional Metropolitan

Magistrate, Visakhapatnam.

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ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the

Station House Officer, Gopalapatnam Police Station,

Visakhapatnam 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.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.

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 or to any police officer.

vii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 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