IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHIVIANA RAO CRllVIINAL PETITION NO: 6012 OF 2025 Between : 1. Sathish, S/o. Nagaraj, aged about 31 years, Cement Company Supervisor, R/o. NaIIaman,arkottai, vedasandur BIock, DindugaI District, Tamil Nadu State: 2. Gnanasekaran Raja, S/o. Raja, aged about 29 years, Textile Shop Worker, R/o. Velunew Street+, Linemedu, Salem District, Tamil Nadu State ...Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 •1'AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent .i.. > Petition under SectI'On 4-39(1') of Cr.P.C and Section 483(1) BNSS, 2023 is fl-led praying that lan the Circumstances Stated in memorandum Of grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to modify the order passed by the Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum-I AddI. District & Sessions Judge - Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam in crl.M.P.No.2852/2024 in Cr. No. 222/2024 dated . ` .ft/ 10.12.2024 by considering the s`it'-ulation of the Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 |`= t'`'.< as f£pe1:itioners/Accused No|1J 2 to be released on bail on executing a self bond for Rsl10,000/- (Rub`'ees Ten Thousand only) each with ____:\_-' - single surety for a like sum' 'to the satisfaction of IVletropolitan sessions Judge-Gum-I Add[. District & Sessions Judge - Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam" instead of lIPetitioners/Accused No.1, 2 fo be released on bail on executing a self bond for Rs.50,000/-(Rupees Fifty Thousand only) each with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction `of Add'I. Judicial First class Magistrate, Narsipatnam and permit the Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 to deposit the surety bond ainoun;kjQ.ft`L.Rs.10,000/-each with single surety instead of Rs.50,000/-each with two sureties; I-t The petition coming on for-hearing, upon perusing the Petition and memorandum of grounds of cr.i'ininal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri PulapaIIi Babjii--''-Advocate for the Petitioners and Public prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the following; ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 483(1) -'of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity [the BNSS'), seeking to modify the order dated 10.12.2024 in CrI.M.P.No.2852 of 2024 in Cr,No.222 of 2O24 passed by the learned Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum-I Additional DI'StriCt & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial.of Offences under NDPS Act, Visaffh¥patnam. - I E 2. Heard learned ,counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. Sri Pulapalli Balaji, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge- Special` Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, while considering the request for enlarging the petitioners on bail in CrI.M.P. No. 2852 of 2024 in Cr. No. 222 of 2024 of Narsipatnam Town, passed art order dated 10.12.2024 in Crl.M.P. No. 2852 of 2024, enlarging the petitioners on bail on executing a self-bond of Rs. 50,000/-each with two sureties for a like sum each, to the satisfaction of the` learned Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate; Narsipatnam. He further submits that the petitioners have been languish'lng in jail for the past 241 days, the alleged contraband involved in the case is only 14 kgs, and the surety amounts are beyond their financial capabilities, and urged the Court to release them. 4. Taking into consideration, the nature of the case and allegations leveled against the petitioner, this Court is inclined'to reduce the amounts of bond for Rs.20,000/-with two sureties. 5. ]n the result, this Criminal Petition is disposed of with the following condition: Eii= - i++i c- \. Q\ ASSIS \. //TRUE COPY// I Fc '#REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER Toll. The Metropolitan SesslonS Judge-Gum-I Addl Distrlct & SesslonS Judge Special Judge for Trial of OffenceS under NDPS Act, v'lsakhapatnam. 2. The Addl. Judicial First Class Mag'lstrate, Narsipatnam 3. The Superintendent, Central Jail, VisakhaPatnam. 4. The Station House Officer, 5. One CC to Sri. Pulapa'li Babji, Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court Of AP [OUT] 7. One spare COPY idZiE i HIGIi COURT Dr.YLR,J DATED..26/06/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.6012 of 2025 ALLOWED ` i. -.\-...i |