This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya
Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/Accused
No.1, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.443 of 2025 of Machavaram Police
Station, Vijayawada City, registered for the offence punishable under Section
8(c) r/w Section 22(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Act, 1985.
2. Heard Sri P.T.Reddy, learned counsel representing Amaravati Law
Chambers for the petitioner and Mrs. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant
Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State.
3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 21.12.2025 at about 8:30
PM, Accused Nos.1 and 2 were apprehended near KK Grand Hotel, on the
street situated beside Sentini Hospital, when they attempted to flee on noticing
the police arriving in a Rakshak vehicle. Upon enquiry, they confessed that
they were in possession of MDMA purchased from Accused No.4 and that
cocaine supplied by Accused No.5 was to be delivered to Accused No.3.
Upon verification, the police found four small packets containing white
crystalline substance suspected to be MDMA weighing 5.5 grams and four
packets found in the bag of Accused No.2 weighing 7.84 grams. Thereupon,
Accused Nos.1 and 2 were arrested and the said contraband was seized
under the cover of a mediators’ report.