CRLP/1496/2025 of GEMMELLI MALLESH Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

1 APHC010068872025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1496/2025 Between: Gemmelli Mallesh ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PANGI RAJU BABU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: 1. The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioner/accused No.6 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.174 of 2023 of Makavarapalem Police Station, Anakapalli District. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner/accused No.6 and others for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c), 22(c), 25 read with 8(c) of NDPS Act. 3. Case of the prosecution is that, on 27.08.2023, the S.I. of Makavarapalem Police Station received information about the illegal transportation of Ganja. Immediately, he secured the presence of mediators, rushed to main road near RTC comp