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APHC010177062026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2856/2026 Between:
1. TUNNU KUMAR, S/O. RAMJAN RAY, AGE 22YEARS, R/O.
BAKHTIYARPUR, DEDUR,PATNA, BIHAR.
2. PAWAN KUMAR, S/O. RAMCHANDRA RAY,AGED 30 YEARS, R/O.
NAYA TOLA,DEDAUR, PATNA, BAKHTIYAPUR, BIHAR.
...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH,AT AMARAVATHI.
2. DODDI KANAKA MAHALAKSHMI, W/O. RAMBABU,AGED 36 YEARS, R/O.D.NO. 10-53-188,NEHRU NAGAR, RAM NAGAR AREA, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT.
...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):
1. TANDASA RADHA RANI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):
1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
2 The Court made the following
ORDER:
The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), seeking relaxation of the Condition imposed against the petitioners/Accused Nos.6 & 7 vide
order dated 09.02.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.280 of 2026 in Crime No.306 of 2024 of II Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam 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, in Crl.M.P.No.280 of 2026 in Cr.No.306 of 2024 of Visakhapatnam II Town Police Station and released the petitioners on bail, 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 09.02.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.280 of 2026 in Crime No.306 of 2024 of II Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of offences
3 under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, against the petitioners/Accused Nos.6 and 7 is hereby modified as under:
The Petitioners/Accused Nos. 6 and 7 shall be enlarged on bail upon execution of a bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) each with two sureties for the like sum each, to the satisfaction of the learned II Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, 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 Petitioners/Accused No.6 and 7.
6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.
_________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 10.04.2026 Note: Issue C.C. by today
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4 30 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2856 of 2026
Date: 10.04.2026 Note: Issue C.C. by today
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