1 APHC010535942025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10440/2025 Between: 1. SANJAY MACHINDRA NALKANDE, S/O MACHINDRA, AGED 41 YEARS, R/O BURUNJWADI VILLAGE, SHIRURU TALUKA, PUNE DISTRICT, STATE OF MAHARASTRA. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF A.P., AMARAVATHI. 2. THE STATE, REPRESENTED BY THE SHO , HUKUMPETA POLICE STATION THROUGH ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR-GR-1, VISAKHAPATNAM 3. KOGTA FINANCE INDIA LIMITED, OFFICE NO.1, 1ST FLOOR, CTS NO. II, METROPOLE BUILDING, 11/1 TO 11 TO 4 PLOT NO. D-1, F-1, BUMA GARDEN ROAD, AGAKAR NAGAR, PUNE, MAHARASHTRA STATE. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition has been filed against the order, dated 27.09.2025, passed in Crl.M.P.No.983 of 2025 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 Maruthi Suzuki Wagnor bearing registration No.MH 04 FR 7242 towards interim custody. 2 2. Heard Sri D.Ramkoteshwar Rao, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Ms.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. 3. 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 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, in view of the said Order passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Petition No.655 of 2025, dated 31.01.2025 and taking into consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, the condition imposed by the learned Special Judge in the order, dated 27.09.2025, passed in Crl.M.P.No.983 of 2025, to the extent of directing the petitioner to furnish bank guarantee for a amount of Rs.2,00,000/- is hereby set aside. The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Paderu. 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. _________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:09.10.2025 Asr 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No.10440 of 2025 Dt.09.10.2025 Asr