_,.. +. lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: [3327] THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9806 OF 2024 Between : chirag p., s/o. prakash M.C., aged about 20 years, R/o. Magadi Road Tollgate, ChoudrarPalya, K.P. Agrahara Police Station, Bengaluru City, Bengaluru, Karnataka State. petitioner/Accused No.4 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent petit-Ion under section 439 (1) of Cr,P.C., & 483 (1) of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the criminal £ petition, the High Court may be pleased tO modify the Order Passed by the Hon'ble Metropol-ltan Sessions Judge-Gum-I Addl. District & Sessions Judge - special Judge fo'r Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam in crl.M.P. No.2039/2024 in Cr. No. 77/2024 dated 20.09.2024 to the extent of the petitioner/Accused No.4 only as "petitioner/A4 to be released on bail on executing a self bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) with single surety for a like sum to the satisfaction of Hon'ble Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum-I Addl. District Sessions Judge - Special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam" instead of 'lpetitiOner/A4 to be released on bail on executing a self bond for Rs.50,00O/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) with two sureties and Permit the Petitioner/Accused No.4 to deposit the surety bond amount Jof Rs.10,000/-with single surety instead of Rs.50,000/-with two sureties couNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER : SRl. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO couNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9806/2024 Between: ChI.rag P., ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh u.RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the petitioner/accused: 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/comPIainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the foIIowina Order:- The Criminal Petl'tion, under Section 483(1) of BNSS, is filed On behalf of the petitioner herein tO modify the order dated 20.09.2024 in CrI.M.P.No.2039 of 2024 passed by the learned I Additional District & SessI-OnS judge-Cwm-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, VjsakhaPatnam, . -.--,---,-- 2- Heard. perused the record. € EE` tr------ 3. A case has been registered against the Petitioner and Others for the offence punishable under Sections 8(C) read with 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short `the NDPS Act,. 4. The learned Special Judge for trial of offences under NDPS Act granted bail to the petitioner herein/A4 in Crime No.77/2O24 of Chintapalli Police Station, on condition of his executing a personal bond for Rs.50,000/- with two sureties for like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First class, Chintapalli. - 5. The present Criminal Petition is filed on the ground that the petitioner is not in a position to produce the sureties and though bail was granted on 20.09.2024, the petitioner could not secure such surety and hence, he urged to modify the condition imposed by the Court below. 6. Having considered the submission Of the learned COunSel for the petitioner and for the reasons stated in the petition, this Court is inclined to modify the order passed by the court below. Accordingly, the order dated 20.09.2024 in Crl.M.P. No.2039 of 2024 passed by the learned I Add|ltional District & Sessions judge - cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, \- ts E= visakhapatnam is modI-fled to the extent that the petI-tiOner hereI-n/A4 shall execute a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum to the satI-SfaCtiOn Of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, chintapallj. It I-S hereby made clear that the other conditl-ons imposed by the court below shall remain same. 7l Accordingly, the criminal Petition I-s aIIowedl Miscellaneous applications, pending jf any, shall stand closed. b'®t±+- _ sD/- M.SRINIVAS A,--,'= a LL //TRUE COPY// ASSISTANT R SECTIO lSTRAR To, 1. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum-I AddI. District Sessions Judge - Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam 2. The Judl®cial Magistrate of First Class, Chintapalli 3. The Superintendent, central Jail, Visakhapatnam 4. One CC to SRl. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P[OUT] 6. One spare copy . HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED: 10/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.9806 of 2024 ALLOWED *. i A, 1At\l ?0?5 \ \\\ __-,_"-I--_h`