JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 439(1)(b) of Cr.P.C., pleased to modify the condition that the petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.20,000/- with two solvency sureties for like sum imposed by the learned Special Judge for EC/NDPS Act, Salem in Crl.M.P.No.159 of 2023 dated 08.02.2023.)

This Criminal Original Petition is filed to modify the condition No.1 in Crl.M.P.No.159 of 2023 dated 08.02.2023 on the file of the learned Special Judge for EC/NDPS Act, Salem.

2. One of the conditions imposed by the Special Judge for EC/NDPS Act Cases, Salem while granting bail to the petitioner in a case of alleged possession of 4 kg of Ganja, to the effect that the petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties each for a like sum and the sureties should be close relatives and they should produce necessary documents for owning a valuable property is challenged by the petitioner on the ground that it is onerous.

3. Mr.M.Mohamed Riyaz, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner hails from a poor family and he was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 26.10.2022 for having been found in possession of 4 kgs of g