Korukonda Appala Patrudu , Raju v. The State Of Ap.

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12575 OF 2015 ORDER:

This criminal petition under Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner/A.1 seeking bail in crime No.102 of on the file of Chodavaram Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, registered for the offence under Section 20(b)

(1) read with Section 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act).

Heard and perused.

The allegation against the petitioner/A.1 is that he along with the other accused was found in possession of 175 kgs of ganja. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence and he is falsely implicated in the case. He prays to grant bail to the petitioner/A.1.

Considering the fact that the quantity of ganja seized from the accused is commercial quantity, and as there is a bar to grant bail in case of commercial quantity, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A.1.

The Criminal Petition is accordingly dismissed. _____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 04.12.2015 pln