Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement :29.06.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010300632026 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: 4753/2026 Between: 1. NAGARAJ MURUGAN, S/O. MURUGAN, AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS,R/O. GANGAI VINAYAGAR KOVIL STREET,SERKADU AREA, WALAJABAD TOWN AND PS,KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU STATE. 2. RAJI N, S/O. NEELAMBAR, AGED ABOUT 18YEARS,R/O. SENGUNTHAR VEETHI, PALAYASEEVARAMVILLAGE, WALAJABAD PS, KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT,TAMIL NADU STATE, PRESENTLY RESIDING ATNEAR INDANE GAS COMPANY, WALAJABAD TOWN,KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU STA ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) 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.553/2026 in Crime No. 46/2026 dated 18.05.2026 by considering the situation of the Petitioners/Accus ed No.1, 2 as ‘Petitioners/Accused No.1 and 2 are ordered to be released on bail on their execution of personal bond for Rs.10,000/- each with single surety for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the Hon'ble Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Ichapuram instead of Petitioners/Accused No.1 and 2 to be released on bail on their execution of personal bond for Rs.20,000/- each with two sureties for like sum each to the satisfaction of the Hon’ble I Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Srikakulam and permit the Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 to deposit the surety bond amount of Rs.10,000/- each with single surety instead of Rs.20,000/- each with two sureties each and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 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 Nos.1 and 2 vide order dated 18.05.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.553 of 2026 in Crime No.46 of 2026 of Ichapuram Police Station, passed by the learned Special Judge for Trial of Cases under N.D.P.S. Act-cum-I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Srikakulam. 2. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the financial condition of the petitioners is deplorable and he is 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 18.05.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.553 of 2026 in Crime No.46 of 2026 of Ichapuram Police Station, passed by the learned Special Judge for Trial of Cases under N.D.P.S. Act-cum-I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Srikakulam, against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 is hereby modified as under: i. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 shall be enlarged on bail subject to their 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 Nos.1 and 2. 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 133 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4753 of 2026 Date: 29.06.2026 JLSR