I J7 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .-PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T IVIALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2294 OF 2025 Between : 1. Siva Kumar Ravichandran, s/o. Ravl-chandran, aged about 28 years, R/o. 77/B, Tahthaneri street, Bharatinagar, Madurai DI®StrI'Ct, Tam" Nadu State. 2. Manl-kandan RamachandranH S/o. Ramachandran, aged about 23 years, R/o. 43/7, Bheethanlyaburam, Madurai Distrl-ctJ Tam" Nadu State. . . . Petl-tI-Oners/Accused No.1,2 AND The State of Andhra pradesh, Rep by its public prosecutor, Hl-gh Court of Andhra pradesh. ...Respondent petl'tion under section 439(1 ) Cr.P.C and see 483(1) of BNSS, 2023 I'S filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds of criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to modify the order passed by the Hon'ble MetropolI'tan Sessions Judge-Gum-I AddI. DI-StrI'Ct & Sessions Judge - special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Vl'sakhapatnam in crl.M.P. No.1008/2024 len Cr. No.193/2024 dated 13.ll.2024 by consI'dering the sI®tuatiOn Of the Petitl'oners/Accused No.1, 2 as flpetl-tioners/A1 & A2 to be released on bail on executing a self bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with single surety who I-s a resident of Andhra pradesh state for a ll-ke sum each to the satisfaction of Hon'ble Metropolitan Sessl-ons Judge- cum| Special Judge for Trial of Cases under NDPS Act-Gum-I Addl. Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram" instead of petitioners/AI AND A2 to q_ be released on bail on executing a self bond for Rs. 15,000/-(Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) each w'lth two local sureties and permit the Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 to deposit the surety bond amount of Rs. 10,000/-each w'lth s'lngle surety instead of Rs. 15,000/-each with two local sureties; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Adapa Sudhakar Rao, Advocate for the Petitioners and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent; ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 483(1)(b) of B.N.S.S., has been filed by the petitioners/Al and A2, seeking modification of the conditions in the bail orders vide CrI.M.P.No.1008/2024 dated 13.ll.2024 on the file learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram and permit the petitioners to deposit the surety bond amount of Rs.10,000/-with one surety instead of Rs.15,000/-with two sureties. 2. The above said crime was registered against the petitioners/Al and A2 herein and others in Cr.No.193/2024 of S.Kota Police Station for the offence Punishable under Sections 20(b(ii)(B) I/w 8(c) of NDPS Act,1985. 3. Without going into the merits of the case, this criminal petition is filed only seeking modification of conditions in the bail orders in CrI.M.P.No.1008/2024 dated 13.ll.2024 on the file learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram. crf==® rttfa , try ® / . 4. lt is submitted that despite grant of bal®l bythe I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vl'zianagaram in crl.M.P.No.1008/2024 dated 13.ll.2024, Petitioners/Al and A2 could not furnish sureties for Rs.15,000/- with two sureties to the satisfaction of that court. He further contends that the Petitioners belong to a poor family and the petitioners are the only persons to look after their respective family members by doing coolie work. lt is further submitted that more than one month time elapsed after granting bail to the Petitioners and the petitioners family members could not comply with the order by furnishing sureties. ln the said facts of the case, petitioners request to consider their case on humanitarian grounds. 5. Learned counsel relied on a decision reported in SMWP (Criminal) No.4/2021 dated 31.01.2023 on the file of the Hon'ble Supreme Court wherein lit 'ls observed that 'lif the bail bonds are not furnished within one month from the date of grant bail, the concerned court may suo-motu take up the case and consider whether the conditions of bail require modification/relaxation''. 6. lt seems thatthe courtthat granted bail to the petitioners in this crime has not taken such steps, thereby forced the petitioners to approach this Court. There is nothing on record to show that the said submissions are incorrect, as such this Court is inclined to modify the bail order. 7. ln the result, the criminal petition is allowed and the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail on their execution of self bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) each with one surety for like sum each. lt is hereby made clear that the release of the petl'tioners/Al and A2 on their execution of self bond for Rs.15,000/-(Rupees fifteen thousand only) each € --._+a \ i! + with two sureties for like such each is only modified. The remaining condl-lions imposed against the petitioners/Al and A2 shall remain unaltered. SD/-G.HELANAIDU ASSISTAN 6ISTRAR //TRUE COPY// For SE ION OFFICER Tol 1. The Metropolitan sessions Judge-Gum-specl-al Judge for TrI'al Of Cases under NDPS Act-Gum-I Addl Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram. 2. One CC to Sri. Adapa Sudhakar Rao, Advocate [opuc] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, HI'gh Court ofAP [OUT] 4. One spare copy MM I, HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED :25/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2294 of 2025 ALLOWED