APHC010203712026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3060/2026 Between:

1. K IMUDU DHANUNJAY, S/O. DASARATH, AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS,R/O. SOLAGUMPUTTU VILLAGE, BARADA PANCHAYAT,MUNCHINGIPUT MANDAL, ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT, A.P.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi.

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

1. KOLLI USHA KIRANMAYEE 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, ‘the Cr.P.C.,’)/Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), challenging the order dated 09.02.2026 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.87 of 2026 in Crime No.27 of 2025 of Munchingiput Police Station,