APHC010490082026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY, THE 24th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8247/2026 Between: SUDHEER KRISHNAN, S/O. KRISHNAN, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS,R/O. ARAVINDALAYAM, DRA-C-03, NKS ROAD,ERNAKULAM, KERALA STATE. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: BALABHADRUNI MANOHAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8247 of 2026 Dated 24.09.2026 The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 483(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to modify the condition imposed on the petitioner/Accused No.1 vide order dated 26.08.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.2698 of 2025 in Crime No.38 of 2025 of Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge- Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the financial condition of the petitioner is deplorable and that he is unable to comply with the conditions imposed by the learned Trial Court. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 4. Considering the above facts and circumstances of the case, the order dated 26.08.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.2698 of 2025 in Crime No.38 of 2025 of Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge- Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, against the petitioner/Accused No.1 is hereby modified as under: 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8247 of 2026 Dated 24.09.2026 i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam. 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.1. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 24.09.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8247 of 2026 Dated 24.09.2026 20 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8247 of 2026 Date: 24.09.2026 RSI