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APHC010373372025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7688/2025 Between: Fathima Bibi and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):
1. ANAND KUMAR KOCHIRI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:
1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 439 (1) of the BharatiyaNagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity „the BNSS‟), seeking to modify the bail conditions passed by the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity „the NDPS Act‟), Visakhapatnam.
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2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.
3. The learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under „the NDPS Act‟, Visakhapatnam, on 25.06.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.1941 of 2025 in Crime No.38 of 2025 of Prohibition & Excise Seethamadhara Police Station, Visakhapatnam, while enlarging the petitioners/accused Nos.2 and 3 on bail, imposed condition of execution of personal bond for Rs.50,000/- each with two sureties for like sum each to the satisfaction of the Court of Special Judicial First Class Magistrate (for P&E), Visakhapatnam and with other conditions.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are unable to meet the above condition because of their financial constraints.
5. In view of the above reason, the order dated 25.06.2025 mentioned above is modified to the extent of “execution of personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) each with two sureties for like sum each to the satisfaction of the Court of Special Judicial First Class Magistrate (for P&E), Visakhapatnam”. The rest of the conditions imposed by the learned Trial Court shall be complied with by the petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3.
6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed.
_________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 29.07.2025 S D P
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THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.7688 of 2025 Date:29.07.2025
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