Samardi Prakash v. the State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail granted; CRLP.No.475 of 2025; High Court of Andhra Pradesh; K. Sreenivasa Reddy J.; decided 05.02.2025; Crime No. 96/2024 Araku Valley Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju district; NDPS Act 1985 ganja case; Section 137(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023; kidnapping of 14-year-old minor boy linked to ganja transaction; petitioners implicated only via confession statement of co-accused A1–A3; no accusation in FIR; no other connecting material; no antecedents; in judicial remand since 03.12.2024; petition under Sections 480 and 483 BNSS (and nominally Sections 437 & 439 Cr.P.C. in prayer); bail conditions: personal bond Rs. 10,000/- each, two sureties of like sum, weekly Saturday reporting before SHO till charge sheet; Special Judge (NDPS) Visakhapatnam; Criminal Petition allowed.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted to petitioners/Accused Nos. 4 and 5 in Crime No. 96/2024 of Araku Police Station on executing personal bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like sum each, to the satisfaction of the I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge (NDPS), Visakhapatnam, subject to weekly appearance before the Station House Officer on every Saturday between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm till filing of the charge sheet.