Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement :07.07.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010325882026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY, THE 7th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5228/2026 Between: 1. PEDDISETTI ROOPESH, S/O LATE ADINARAYANA, AGE ABOUT 26 YEARS, R/O D.NO.44-34-65/A, NANDAGIRINAGAR, AKKAYYAPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, ,Rep. by Public Prosecutor,High court of Andhra Pradesh. ...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 Court pleased to relax/modify the bail conditions imposed by the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under the NDPS Act Visakhapatnam, in CrI.M.P. No. 1017/2026 in NSC No. 116/2026, by modifying the order dated 05-05- 2026, taking into consideration the poor financial condition and health condition of the Petitioner/Accused No.1, It is further prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to permit the Petitioner/Accused No.1 to furnish a surety bond for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- with two solvent sureties in lieu of the condition requiring a bond amount of Rs.50,000/-, and consequently release the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail in NSC No. 1017/2026 on the file of the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under the NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to pass 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.1 vide order dated 05.05.2026 in Cr.M.P.No.1017 of 2026 in NSC No.116 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 order dated 05.05.2026 in Cr.M.P.No.1017 of 2026 in NSC No.116 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.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.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty five thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of 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: 07.07.2026 JLSR Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No 75 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5228 of 2026 Date: 07.07.2026 JLSR