APHC010628142025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12069/2025 Between: KUPURALA VARDHAN ALIAS PANDU, S/O. NANI BABU AGED ABOUT 20 YEARS, R/O.DOOR NO. 7-11-55/3, DASAMIKONDA COLONY, OLD GAJUWAKA, NEAR CHURCHROAD, VISAKHAPATNAM ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by Public Prosecutor,High court of Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: THULLURU NAGABHUSHANAM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 483(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), seeking modification of the bond amount from Rs.50,000/- to Rs.10,000/- 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12069 of 2025 Dated 28.11.2025 imposed on the petitioner/Accused No.3 vide order dated 08.07.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.2058 of 2025 in Crime No.119 of 2025 of Duvvada Police Station passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge- cum-Special Judge for Trial of offences under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’), Visakhapatnam. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the conditions imposed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum- Special Judge for trial of offences under ‘the NDPS Act’, Visakhapatnam, have become onerous because of the financial constraints of the petitioner. He is unable to meet those conditions thereby he was constrained to be in the judicial detention quite long time. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 4. The order dated 08.07.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.2058 of 2025 in Crime No.119 of 2025 of Duvvada Police Station passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, against the petitioner/Accused No.3 is hereby modified as under: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.3 shall be enlarged on bail upon execution of a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12069 of 2025 Dated 28.11.2025 Ten Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gajuwaka. 5. The residual conditions imposed by the learned Trial Court, in the original order shall remain in force and shall be duly complied with by the Petitioner/Accused No.3. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 28.11.2025 PRA 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12069 of 2025 Dated 28.11.2025 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12069 of 2025 Date: 28.11.2025 PRA