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APHC010408862026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY, THE 12th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6719/2026 Between:
ORISI JOHN PRAKASH, S/O RAMA RAO,AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS,R/O D.NO.44-34-53/6, NANDIGIRI NAGAR,AKKAYYAPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM.
...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Represented by the Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh,Amaravati
...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:
KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
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The Court made the following:
ORDER:
The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 483(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to modify/relax the condition imposed on the petitioner/Accused No.3 vide
order dated 04.07.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.1489 of 2026 in Crime No.30 of 2026 of IV Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, 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 04.07.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.1489 of 2026 in Crime No.30 of 2026 of IV Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, 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 No.3 is hereby modified as under:
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i. The Petitioner/Accused No.3 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional Chief 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.3.
6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 12.08.2026 RSI
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24 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.6719 of 2026
Date: 12.08.2026
RSI