CRLP/2519/2025 of SUNKARA MAHESH KUMAR @ LAKSHMANA Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010107262025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2519/2025 Between: Sunkara Mahesh Kumar @ Lakshmana ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) and Others AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KOTTI SIVA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioners herein/A2 and A3, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.304 of 2024 of Anakapalli Rural Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the NDPS, Act. 2. Brief facts of the case are that, on 03.12.2024, on receipt of credible information, the Sub-Inspector of Police along with his staff and mediators rushed to Vooderu Junction and found the accused in possession of 100Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. 2 3. Heard learned counse