` i-`=-` i lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE jz7 :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SKI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RA cRIMINALPETmON NO: 6721 OF2025 # ThY,`;r`/;gi`ul;.` ngue``lfi Between: 1. Janani Dhamodaran, s/o.Damodharan, aged abt 21 years, R/o.Mittanamalli, Avadi, Chennai, N/o. KamatchI| Amman Nagar, Mangadu, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. 2. Venkatesh EIangovan, S/o.EIangovan Laxman, aged abt 21 years, R/0.8lO, Chinamattur, Avadi PS, TiravaIIuru Dist, Tamil, Nadu N/o. 3/132, Kulakarra Street, Afdlanandham nagar, Chinamattur, Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. ...Pet:itioners/A1 & A2 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, SHO, Dwaraka P.S., Visakhapatanam Represented by its public prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh at Amaravati, Guntur DI®StriCt ...Respondent Petition under section 439 ('1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, praying that in the cI-rCumStan-CeS Stated in the memorandum of grounds filed I-n Support Of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to modl-fy the Bail Conditions to theJeXtent Of the condition Of executing the Self bond of Rs.50,000/- wl-th two surities for the ll-kes some amount by reducina the same to Rs.10,000/-which is passed in CRL.M.P.No.1400/2025 Order dt.03.06.2025 further to submit FDRs instead of Surities which is passed by the I AddI. District Judge, Visakapatanam- cum. special Judge for Trail of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatanam Counsel for the petitione'is'-- I : sri Anand Kumar Kochiri counsel forthe Respondeitt : public prosecutor. #+ The Court made the following ORDER: /1 J/, # / APHCOI O3266O2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special original JurisdictI-On) FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3369] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6721/2025 Between : 1.JANANI DHAMODARAN, S/O.DAMODHARAN, AGED ABT 21 YEARS, R/O.MITTANAMALLI, AVADI, CHENNAl, N/O. KAMATCHI AMMAN NAGAR, MANGADU, KANCHEEPURAM, TAMIL NADU. 2.VENKATESH ELANGOVANu S/O.ELANGOVAN LAXMAN, AGED ABT 21 YEARS, R/0.8lO, CHINAMATTUR, AVADI PS, TIRAVALLURU DIST, TAMIL, NADU N/O. 3/132, KULAKARRA TSITRRuEvEATLLURA,RTUALMAINLANNADDHu?M NAGAR, CHINAMATTUR, u.PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, SHO, Dwaraka p.s., Vl'sakhapatanam Represented by I'tS Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh at Amaravati, Guntur Distri'ct ...RESPONDENT/COIVIPLAINANT PetitI'On under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that l'n the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to modify the Bail Conditions to the extent of the condition of executI'ng the self bond of Rs.50,000/- wI'th two Suretl-eS for the likes some amount by reducing the same to Rs. 10,000/-which is passed in CRL.M.P.No. 1400/2025 Order dt.03.06.2025 further to submit FDRs instead of suretI'eS WhI-Ch l'S Passed by the HonJble I AddI. District Judge, Visakhapatnam-Gum. special Judge for Trail of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam Counsel for the petitioner/accused(s): 1.ANAND KUMAR KOCHIRl .,.,.. -ul; _\ Counsel for the Respondent/complainant 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal -Petition under Section 483(1) r/w 528 of B.N.S.S., has been filed by the petitioners/A1 & A2, seeking modification of the conditions in the bail order vide Crl.M.P.No.1400/2O25 dated 03.6.2O25 on the file learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam and permit the petitioners to deposit -the surety bond amount of Rs.10,OOO/-with two sureties instead of Rsl50,000/-with two sureties. 2. The above said crime was registered against the petitioners/A1 & A2 herein and others in Cr|No.76/2025 of Dwaraka Police Station for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b(ii)(B) read with 8(c) of NDPS Act, 1985. 3. Without going into the merits of the case, this criminal petition is filed only seeking modification of conditions in the bail order in CrI.M.P.No.1400/2025 dated 03.6.2025 on the file of learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam. 4. It is submitted that despite grant of bail by the I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam in CrI.M.P.No.1400/2O25, petitioners/A1 & A2 could not furnish sureties for Rs.50,000/- with two sureties. He further contends that the petitioners belong to a poor family and the petitioners are the only persons to look after their family members by doing coolie work. It is further submitted that more than one month time elapsed after granting bail to the petitioners and the petitioners family members could not comply with \ rf7~ the order by furnishing sureties. In the said facts of the case, petl-tioners requests to consider their case on humanitarian grounds. 5, Learned counsel relied on a decision reported in SMWP (Criminal) No.4/2021 dated 31.01|2023 on the file of the HonJble Supreme Court wherch -it 'rs obsf:rved tJhalt" if the bai/ bonds are not furnished within one month from the date of grant bai/, the concerned court may suo-motu take up the case and cons-lder whether the conditions of bai/ require modification/re/axationl'. 6, It seems thatthe Courtwho granted bail to the petitioners in this crime has not taken such steps, thereby forced the petitioners to approach this Court. There is nothing on record to show that the said submissions are incorrect, as such this Court is inclined to modify the bail order| 7. In the result, the criminal petition is allowed and the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail on their execution of self bond for Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) each with two sureties for like sum each. It is hereby made clear that the release of the petitioners/A1 & A2 on their execution of self bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) each with two sureties for like sum each is only modified. The remaining conditions imposed against the petitioners/A1 & A2 shall remain unaltered. Sd/-K. J. RAJA BABu //TRUE COPY// ASSISTANT- ISTFiAR To, For s OFFIC-EE€_ 1. The I Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Visakapatanam. 2. The I Additional District Judge-Gum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under \ I--- \ . \ .. NDPS Act: Visakhapatnam. The Station House Officer, Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatanam. 7 Cr)qLOCOr` >W V) u The Superintendent, central Prison, Visakhapatnam, visakhapatnam District. OneCCto SriAnand KumarKochiri,Advocate[OPUC] ZJI Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh [ouT] ,~+T One spare copy / _. •. \ a{S HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED: ll/07/2025 ORDER CRLP,No.6721 of 2025 ALLOWED