Date of reserved for orders : Nil Date of pronouncement : 02.07.2026 Date of uploading : 07.07.2026 APHC010319472026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5113/2026 Between: 1. VANTHALA SURESH, S/O. VANTHALA SATTIBABU, AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS,R/O. DEGALAPALEM VILLAGE, KOTHAPALEM POST,CHINTAPALLI MANDAL, ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 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 modification of the condition imposed on the Petitioner/Owner of the vehicle vide order dated 07.10.2024 in Crl.M.P.No.592 of 2024 in Crime No.96 of 2024 of Rolugunta Police Station, passed by the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for trial of offences under ‘the NDPS Act’, Visakhapatnam. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. On perusal of the record, the Petitioner is not an accused in this case, but only the owner of the KTM 250 Duke Motorcycle bearing No. AP 40 D 0250. The Petitioner had lent the said motorcycle to Accused No.3, who allegedly used it for transporting 590 kgs of Ganja. In view of this, the learned Trial Court directed the Petitioner to execute a bond for Rs.2,30,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Thirty Thousand only) with one surety for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narsipatnam, and further required him to furnish a Bank Guarantee for Rs.2,30,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Thirty Thousand only). 3 4. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the order dated 07.10.2024 in Crl.M.P.No.592 of 2024 in Crime No.96 of 2024 of Rolugunta Police Station, passed by the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for trial of offences under ‘the NDPS Act’, Visakhapatnam, against the Petitioner/Owner of the vehicle, is hereby modified as under: The Petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.2,30,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Thirty Thousand only) with one surety for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narsipatnam, and shall furnish a Bank Guarantee for Rs.1,50,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only). 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. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 02.07.2026 PRA Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No 4 98 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5113 of 2026 Date: 02.07.2026 PRA