APHC010372242026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY, THE 28th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6059/2026 Between: 1. SHAIK MOHAMMAD RAFI, S/O NABE,AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/O D.NO 1/309, KUMARGIRI NAGAR SANNIYASIGUNDU P.O., SALEM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati,Guntur District, through its Station House Officer,Airport Police Station, Vishakhapatnam City. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. ABDUS SALEEM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 483(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to relax the condition imposed on the Petitioner/Accused No.1 vide order dated 2 05.05.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.1008 of 2026 in Crime No.68 of 2026 of Airport Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, 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 05.05.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.1008 of 2026 in Crime No.68 of 2026 of Airport 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 is hereby modified as under: The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be released 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 VII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, 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. 3 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 28.07.2026 PRA 4 77 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6059 of 2026 Date: 28.07.2026 PRA