CRLP/270/2025 of VANTHALA RAMA MURTHY Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

1 APHC010008272025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.270 OF 2025 Between: Vanthala Rama Murthy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. MAHESH ADAVIVARAPU 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/A3, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.550 of 2024 of PM Palem Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 20.09.2024, at about 17.30 hours, on credible information, the Woman Sub- Inspector of Police, PM Palem Police Station, along with her staff and mediators,