CRLP/1774/2025 of RATAN LAL NAYAK Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh

APHC010081902025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1774/2025 Between: Ratan Lal Nayak and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, has been filed by the petitioners herein/A1 and A2, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.1 of 2025 of S.Rayavaram Police Station, Anakapalli District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein and others for the offences punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 3. Case of the prosecution is that, on 02.01.2025, on receipt of credible information about illegal cultivation and possession of ganja, the Sub-Inspector of police, along with his staff and mediators rushed to back sid