APHC010214752026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3279/2026 Between:

S UKRI ARJUN, S/O. RAMBABU, AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS,R/O. MAMIDIPALLI VILLAGE, CHINTHAPALLI PANCHAYATALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT,PRESENTLY RESIDING AT DHIKARASAHI VILLAGE,KORAPUT DISTRICT, ODISHA STATE.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati.

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

GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

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, ‘the Cr.P.C.,’)/Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), challenging the order dated 13.02.2026 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.73 of 2026 in Crime No.29 of