APHC010600192024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327]

AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.9836 OF 2024 Between:

Yedla Michel @ Pandu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. CHANDRA SEKHAR ILAPAKURTI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER:

This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A6, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.80 of 2024 of Maredumilli Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju district.

2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’) and Section

111(2)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 24.09.2024, at about 02.00 PM, on receipt of credible information, the Sub- Inspector of Police, Ma