CRLP/5986/2024 of SRI VAIKUNTAM RAM KISHORE Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010372752024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3457] (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5986/2024 Between: Sri Vaikuntam Ram Kishore ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. R SIVA SAI SWARUP Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is arraigned as the 6th accused in Crime No. 96 of 2023 on the file of IV Town Police Station, Kurnool, for the alleged offences under Sections 8(c), r/w 20(b)(ii)(B), r/w 20(b)(ii)(c), and r/w 22(c) of the NDPS Act. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was not in possession of any contraband material and that there has been an inordinate delay in the filing of the charge sheet by the police. 2 3. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State submits that the Regional Forensic Science Laboratory report is pending and that the charge