APHC010137692026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2105/2026 Between:

1. B ANGARI SHIVA, S/O CHINNA, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, R/O DHARAMIREDDY VEEDHI, NARSIPATNAM, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Amaravati.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. PARDHA SARADHI A V Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

ORDER:

The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity, “Cr.P.C.”) / Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “BNSS”), challenging the order dated 29.01.2026 passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for trial of offences under the NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, in Crl.M.P. No.75 of 2026 in Crime No.102 of 2025 of Makavarapalem Police Station, whereby the petition filed by the prosecution under Section 36A(4) of