Date of reserved for orders : Nil Date of pronouncement : 30.06.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010305272026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JUNE 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4842/2026 Between: MUKESH KUMAR, S/O PREMAN ROY,AGE 39 YEARS, N/O NAUYA TOLA, BARIYARPUR,BAKTHIYARPUR, PATNA, STATE OF BIHAR. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor,High Court of A.P., Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: DASARI RAMAKOTESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.4842 of 2026 Dated 30.06.2026 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 24.02.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.458 of 2026 in Crime No.306 of 2024 of II Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam, passed by the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of offences under ‘the NDPS Act’, Visakhapatnam. 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 24.02.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.458 of 2026 in Crime No.306 of 2024 of II Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam, passed by the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of offences under ‘the NDPS Act’, Visakhapatnam, against the petitioner/Accused No.1 is hereby modified as under: 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.4842 of 2026 Dated 30.06.2026 i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs only) 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 Petitioner/Accused No.1. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 30.06.2026 RSI Whether the order is: Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.4842 of 2026 Dated 30.06.2026 76 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4842 of 2026 Date: 30.06.2026 RSI