CRLP/9167/2024 of MARRI APPA RAO Vs THE STATE OF AP

APHC010568972024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.9167 OF 2024 Between: Marri Appa Rao ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Ap ...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/Accused, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.43 of 2024 of Gangaraju Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju district. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 2 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 24.08.2024, at about 16.00 hours, on credible information, the Assistant Sub- Inspector of Police, Gangaraju Police Station, along with his staff and mediators, proceeded to Gedelab