APHC010517602026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY, THE 7th DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8688/2026 Between: 1. MAHENDRA PRASAD, S/O. LATE BHARAT PRASAD, AGED 60 YEARSR/O. GOPKITA VILLAGE, PANDARAK BLOCK,PATNAM DISTRICT. BIHAR. 2. CHANDAN KUMAR, S/O. VINDESWARI PRASAD, AGED 24 YEARS,R/O. CHAKJAINAV, GONAWAN, NALANDHA DISTRICT, BIHAR ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8688 of 2026 Dated 07.10.2026 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 petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 vide order dated 03.09.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.23 of 2026 in Crime No.41 of 2026 of Parvathipuram Town Police Station, Parvathipuram Manyam District, passed by the learned Special Judge for Trial of Cases under NDPS Act-Cum-I Additional Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the financial condition of the petitioners is deplorable and that they are unable to comply with the conditions imposed by the learned Trial Court. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 4. Considering the above facts and circumstances of the case, the order dated 03.09.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.23 of 2026 in Crime No.41 of 2026 of Parvathipuram Town Police Station, Parvathipuram Manyam District, passed by the learned Special Judge for Trial of Cases under NDPS Act- Cum-I Additional Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram, against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 is hereby modified as under: 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8688 of 2026 Dated 07.10.2026 i. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 shall be enlarged on bail subject to their executing a bond for a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) each, with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Parvathipuram. 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 Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 07.10.2026 Pmk 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.8688 of 2026 Dated 07.10.2026 91 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8688 of 2026 Date: 07.10.2026 Pmk