IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3136 OF 2025 Between: Vudi Rajesh, S/o. Vudi Appala Naidu, aged about 20 Ratnampeta Village, Rolugunta Mandal, Anakapalli District Years, R/o. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.3/OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 440(2) Cr.p.c. R/W 482 Cr.P.C. praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to relax/Modify the condition of imposing of Rs.90,000/- towards bank guarantee for release of the vehicle passed in CRLM.P.No.482 of 2024 (Crime No. 144 of 2023 of Rolugunta Police Station) Dated; 21-August-2024 on the file of I Additional District & Session Judge -Cum- Special Judge for Trial Of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam against the petitioner This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri K r- PRIDHVI RAJU .Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following ORDER : APHC010147212025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] Z hrJ MONDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3136/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED Vudi Rajesh AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.K PRIDHVI RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is aggrieved by the order, dated 21.08.2024, passed in Crl.M.P.No.482 of 2024, by the Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-l Additional District & Sessions Judge-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.90,000/-, along with other 2 A conditions, for the release of the Suzuki Access 125 Motorcycle bearing Registration No.AP 40 AM 3328, towards interim custody. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of the vehicle, a Suzuki Access 125 Motorcycle bearing Registration No.AP 40 AM 3328, which was seized by the police in Crime 3. No. 144 of 2023 of Rolugunta Police Station for the alleged offence under the NDPS Act. The learned counsel further submits that the learned Sessions 4. Judge, while granting interim custody of the vehicle, has imposed certain conditions. These include executing a personal bond of Rs.90,000/- with one surety for the like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate and furnishing a bank guarantee of Rs.90,000/- 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.90,000/-, while the rest of the order remains unchanged. r 3 Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. There shall be 6. no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending 7. shall stand closed. SDI- P.U.V.BHASKARA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-l Additional District and Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act Visakhapatnam. 2. The Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District 3. The Station House Officer, Rolugunta Police Station, Visakhapatnam District 4. One CC to SRI. K PRIDHVI RAJU Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two GO'S to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 6. Three CD Copies RDB TAC ‘ s HIGH COURT DATED:24/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.3136 of 2025 X 0 9 APR 2025 f ' ^ Current Section of g» DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION