CRLP/311/2025 of VANTALA CHANTI Vs THE SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER

APHC010017392025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 311/2025 Between: Vantala Chanti and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The Senior Intelligence Officer ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KOTHA VEERA NAGA PALLAVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. G GOPALAKRISHNA MURTHY 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 petitioners/A2 and A3, seeking regular bail, in F.No.DRI/HZU/VRU/48/ENQ-04(INT-04)/2024 on the file of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Visakhapatnam. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20, 28 & 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on specific intelligence about illegal transportation of ganja, the Officers of Directorate