APHC010201442026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3040/2026 Between:

1. B HAGDIS KHARA ALIAS BHAGI, S/O. BHALAI KHARA, AGED ABOUT

24 YEARS,R/O. KANAKRAPEDA VILLAGE, GUNTHAWADA POST,MALKANGIRI DISTRICT, ODISHA STATE.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. KOLLI USHA KIRANMAYEE Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

ORDER:

The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity, ‘the Cr.P.C.’) / Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), seeking to quash the proceedings in Crl.M.P.No.14/2026 in Crime No.13/2025 of Koyyuru Police Station, passed by the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under the NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam (for brevity, ‘the learned Trial