APHC010440502025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8793 OF 2025 Between: Panda Dharma Raju, S/o Narayana, 32 years Munchingputt Mandal, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju District. R/o Pedaguda Village ...Petitioner/Petitioner/Accused No.4-Owner of the Vehicle AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Respondent/Respondent Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to relax the order dt. 18.12.2024 passed by the Hon'ble I Additional District & Sessions Judge- Special Judge for Trial of Offences Under NDPS Act: Visakhapatnam in CrI.M.P.No. 960 of 2024 in Cr.No. 216 of 2024, on the file of the Sabbavaram Police Station by considering the situation of the Petitioner/Accused No. 4 as "Petitioner/Accused No. 4 shall execute a bond for Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) to the satisfaction of Hon'ble XII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Anakapalli" instead of "Petitioner/Accused No. 4 shall execute a bond for Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Rupees only) with one surety for a like sum each to the satisfaction of Hon'ble XII Additional r Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Anakapalli and shall furnish the bank guarantee for Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Rupees only)" and permit the Petitioner/Accused No. 4 to deposit the surety bond amount of Rs. 10,000/- without any bank guarantee. Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Dasari Ramakoteswar Rao Counsel for the Respondent: Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, Assistant Public Prosecutor The Court made the following order: ’I 1 APHC010440502025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8793/2025 Between: 1. PANDA DHARMA RAJU, S/0 NARAYANA, 32 YEARS, PEDAGUDA VILLAGE, MUNCHINGPUTT MANDAL, ALLURI SEETHA RAMA RAJU DISTRICT. R/0 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition has been filed against the order, dated 18.12.2024, passed in Crl.M.P.No.960 of 2024 on the file of the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam to the extent of imposing conditions directing the petitioner herein to execute a bond for Rs.2,00,000/- and also furnish bank guarantee for an amount of Rs.2,00,000/- for release of Auto Rickshaw bearing registration No.AP 31 TO 1511 towards interim custody. Heard Sri D.RamKoteshwar Rao, learned counsel for the Petitioner and 2. Ms.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the Petitioner and acceded to, by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the subject matter of this 3. \, y Criminal Petition is squarely covered by the Order passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide Criminal Petition No.655 of 2025, dated 31.01.2025. 4. Considering the submissions made, following the said Order passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Petition No.655 of 2025 31.01.2025 and taking into consideration of the facts and circumstances dated of the case, the condition imposed by the learned Special Judge in the order, dated 18.12.2024, passed in Crl.M.P.No.960 of 2024, to the extent of directing the petitioner to furnish bank guarantee for a amount of Rs.2,00,000/- is hereby set aside. The rest of the conditions imposed by the learned Special Judge shall remain unaltered. 5. With the above said modification, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/- M. PRABHAKAR RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Offences Under NDPS Act: Visakhapatnam 2. The Station House Officer, Sabbavaram Visakhapatnam District. Judge- Special Judge for Trial of , Visakhapatnam District. Police Station, Visakhapatnam, 3. One CC to Sri Dasari Ramakoteswar Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCS to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi [OUT] 5. Two CD Copies Stu Cnr \ H f HIGH COURT DATED:28/08/2025 ORDER CRLP NO. 8793 OF 2025 S( 12SEP21i?5 '7* .*V' C' /’ c- ^r^Qinynt ScctioflX^ DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION