APHC010679392025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12970/2025 Between: S. ARVINTH, S/O SAKTHIVEL, AGE 20 YEARS, RIO COIMBATORE SOUTH, TAMILNADU ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, V.Madugula Police Station, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: NICHENAMETLA NAGARAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12970 of 2025 Dated 05.01.2026 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.25,000/- to Rs.10,000/- imposed on the petitioner/Accused No.2vide order dated 28.08.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.900 of 2025 in Crime No.214 of 2024 of V.MadugulaPolice 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. 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12970 of 2025 Dated 05.01.2026 4. The order dated 28.08.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.900 of 2025 in Crime No.214 of 2024 of V.Madugula 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.2 is hereby modified as under: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.2 shall be enlarged on bail upon execution of a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (RupeesTen Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, V.Madugula. 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.2. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 05.01.2026 PRA