CRLP/592/2025 of ALEX PASKAL Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010029962025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.592 OF 2025 Between: Alex Paskal and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KOLLI USHA KIRANMAYEE 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 to A4, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.163 of 2024 of Kothakota Police Station, Anakapalli district. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein and another for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 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 29.10.2024, at about 15.00 hours, on credible information about transportation of Ganja, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Kothakota Police S