CRLP/138/2025 of DEEPAKESWAR LAKHAN KUMAR Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010005632025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.138 OF 2025 Between: Deepakeswar Lakhan Kumar and ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) another AND The State of AP ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Rep. by its PP Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. ANAND KUMAR KOCHIRI 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 petitioners/A1 and A2, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.193 of 2024 of Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein and others for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) 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 09.12.2024, at about 19.00 hours, on receipt of credible information, the Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, Dwaraka Police