CRLP/2525/2025 of SHAIK YOUSUF SHARIEF Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010119272025 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: 2525/2025 Between: Shaik Yousuf Sharief ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DAVULURI SAMUEL JOHN 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 petitioner herein/A1, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.370 of 2024 of Kothapet Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(B) and 22(c) of the NDPS, Act. 2. Brief facts of the case are that, on 17.10.2024, on receipt of credible information, the Inspector of Police along with his staff and mediators rushed to Potthurivarithota 5th lane, NTR Statue, Guntur, and caught the accused in possession of 66.26 grams of MDMA. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. 2 3. Heard learned cou