APHC010223192026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

FRIDAY,THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3407/2026 Between:

K ILLO SOMANADH ALIAS SOMU, S/O. RAJU BABU, AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS,R/O. VARTHANAPALLI VILLAGE, THAMMINGULA PANCHAYAT,CHINTHAPALLI MANDAL, ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT.

...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 03.01.2026 passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge-Cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, in Crl.M.P.No.1331 of 2025 in Crime No.81 of 2024 of Chinthapalli Police Station, whereby the