CRLP/9354/2024 of VANTHALA JAYARAM Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

1 APHC010581152024 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.9354 OF 2024 Between: Vanthala Jayaram ...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: 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.48 of 2024 of Pedabayalu Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju district. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 111(2)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNS’) and 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 25, 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 21.10.2024, at about 10.00 am, on credible information, the Sub-Inspector of P