APHC010646812025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12432/2025 Between:

1. R AHUL, S/O BALESWAR, AGED 29 YEARS, LORRY DRIVER,R/O GESUPUR SHUMALI VILLAGE, MEERUT M DIST,STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1.

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12432/2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/Accused No.7, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.87 of 2025 of Kotauratla P.S, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w Section 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

2. None represented for the petitioner. The petitioner herein is the Accused No.7, w