Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement :10.07.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010345022026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY, THE 10th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5548/2026 Between: 1. DASARI SANTHAN RATAN, S/O DASARI KOTAIAH, AGE 22 YEARS, R/O D.NO.26- 110/13/A, A.T. AGRAHARAM, RAMIREDDY NAGAR, 1ST LINE, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep, by Public Prosecutor,High court of Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU 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.4 vide order dated 01.07.2026 in Cr.M.P.No.1524 of 2026, passed by the leaned 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 01.07.2026 in Cr.M.P.No.1524 of 2026, passed by the leaned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under the NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, against the petitioner/Accused No.4 is hereby modified as under: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.4 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.1,50,000/- (Rupees One lakh fifty thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District Judge-cum- Metropolitan Sessions Judge, 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.4. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 10.07.2026 JLSR Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No 36 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5548 of 2026 Date: 10.07.2026 JLSR