CRLP/2830/2025 of PRAKASH JOTHIPAS Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010131952025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3369] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2830/2025 Between: Prakash Jothipas and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. N V MOHANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners/A2 and A3, seeking bail, in Crime No.27/2024 of Donkarai Police Station, Alluri Sitharamaraju District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners and others for the offence punishable u/Sec.20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners/A2 and A3 and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 20.12.2024 at about 4.30 pm, on receipt of credible information regarding illegal possession and transportation of ganja,