Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement :29.06.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010299612026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY, THE 29th DAY OF JUNE 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4745/2026 Between: 1. V SATHIS KUMAR, S/O. VENKADASALAM, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS,R/O. CHEKKADI STREET, MELAPALAYAM VILLAGE,TIRUNEVELLI DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU STATE,PRESENTLY RESIDING AT PALLIVASAL THERU STREET,MAPPILAIURANI, MELURTUTICORIN, THOOTHUKKUDI TOWN AND DISTRICT, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Courtpleased to modify the order passed by the Hon‟ble I Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Srikakulam in CrI.M.P. No.324/2026 in CrI.M.P.No.248/2026 in Crime No. 108/2025 dated 09.03.2026 by considering the situation of the Petitioner/Accused No.1 as “Petitioner/Accused No.1 is ordered to be released on bail on his execution of personal bond for Rs.10,000/- with single surety for a like sum to the satisfaction of the Hon‟ble Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Ichapuram” instead of “Petitioner/Accused No.1 to be released on bail on his execution of personal bond for Rs.25,000/- with two sureties for like sum each to the satisfaction of the Hon‟ble I Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Srikakulam and permit the Petitioner/Accused No.1 to deposit the surety bond amount of Rs.10,000/- with single surety instead of Rs.25,000/- with single surety and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. BALABHADRUNI MANOHAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 439(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity „the Cr.P.C.,‟)/Section 483(1)(b) 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 09.03.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.324 of 2026 in Crl.M.P.No.248 of 2026 in Crime No.108 of 2025 of Ichapuram Town Police Station, Srikakulam District, passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Srikakulam. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the financial condition of the petitioner is deplorable and 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 09.03.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.324 of 2026 in Crl.M.P.No.248 of 2026 in Crime No.108 of 2025 of Ichapuram Town Police Station, Srikakulam District, passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Srikakulam, against the petitioner/Accused No.1 is hereby modified as under: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ichapuram. 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: 29.06.2026 JLSR Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No 126 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4745 of 2026 Date: 29.06.2026 JLSR