APHC010141912025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3002/2025 Between: Punkuru Mahesh ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. K PRIDHVI RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: -2- THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3002 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order, dated 03.12.2024, passed in Crl.M.P.No.289 of 2024, by the I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under the NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. In the said order, the learned Sessions Judge imposed a condition of furnishing a bank guarantee of Rs.3,00,000/-, along with other conditions, for the release of the Qualis Car bearing registration number AP 31 BZ 0289, towards interim custody. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of the vehicle, Qualis Car bearing registration number AP 31 BZ 0289 which was seized by the police in Crime No.291 of 2023 of G.R.P. Police Station for the alleged offence under the NDPS Act. 4. The learned counsel further submits that the learned Sessions Judge, while granting interim custody of the vehicle, has imposed certain conditions. These include executing a personal bond of Rs.3,00,000/- with one surety for the like sum to the satisfaction of -2- the learned Magistrate and furnishing a bank guarantee of Rs.3,00,000/- among other requirements. The learned counsel further contends that the condition of furnishing a bank guarantee and also furnishing one surety is onerous. 5. Having considered the submissions made by the counsel for the petitioner, this Court deems it appropriate to modify the order of the learned Sessions Judge by setting aside the condition to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs.3,00,000/-, while the rest of the order remains unchanged. 6. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed off. 7. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Dt.20.03.2025 BV