lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI Jfy WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 559 OF 2025 Between: Rehmanth Khan, S/o. Thowith Khan, Aged about 55 years, R/o. Tajnagar, Amaravati, Maharashtra State. ...Petitioner/Accused-9 AND The State of A.P, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati, Through Station House Officer, lI Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam Cl'ty. ...Respondent Petition under section (482 r/w U/s 440 (2) of Cr.P.C,(Old Act)) 528 r/w U/s 484 (2) of BNSS, 2023, praying that in the circumstances stated I'n the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to modl'fy the order passed in crl.p.No.3007 of 2020, dt. 13.08.2020 by reducing surety amount from Rs.1,00,000/-to Rs.5000/-for each. Counsel forthe petitioner : sri sravan Kumar Naidana Counsel for the Respondent : Public prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: O '`\ Id r+ THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K| SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NOl559 OF 2025 ORDER:- The Criminal Petition, under Section 528 read with 484(2) of the BNSS, is filed on behalf of the petitioner to reduce the self-bond amount imposed by this Court vide order dated 13.08.2020 in Crl.P.No.3007 of 2020. 2. Heard and perused the record. 3. The petitionerherein inA.9 in Crime No.62 of2020 ofll Town police Station, Visakhapatnam City. He, along with other accused, filed Criminal Petition No.3007 of 2020 before this Court for grant of regular bail in the said Crime. By an order, dated 13.08.2020, this Court allowed the said petition by imposing Certain conditions. The petitioner herein filed the present Criminal Petition to reduce the self-bond amount imposed by this Court at the time of granting bail 'ln the said order. 4. It is submitted that despite grant of bail by this Court in the year 2020, petitioner could not furnish sureties for Rs.1,00,000/-with two sureties to the satisfaction of the learned lI Additional Chief Metropol'ltan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. He further contends that the petitioner belongs to poor family and due to the said reasons, the petitioner is unable to furnish the sureties for Rs.1,00,000/-. ` \ i.ii= E= I 2 J9 5. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to reduce the self-bond amount imposed by this Court in the Order dated 13.08.2020 in CrI,P.No.3007 of 2020. 6. ln the result, the criminal Petition is allowed and the petitioner hereih shall be released on bail on his execution of Personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned lI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. Petitioner herein shall not go beyond the jurisdiction of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh State, without leave of the trial court and he shall make available hI'S location through mobile phone by pairing it with the mobile phone of the Investigating Officer round the clock. lt is hereby made clear that the other conditions imposed by this Court shall remain same. Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. SD/- K.SRINIVASA RAJU ASSISTANT For //TRUE COPY// lSTRAR To, ASSISTANT REGISTRAR 1. The ll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, central prison, visakhapatnam, visakhapatnam District. 3. The Station House Officer, lI Town Police Station, visakhapatnam city. 4. One CC to SRl. SRAVAN KUMAR NAIDANAAdvocate [opuc] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court ofAndhra Pradesh [OUT] 6.,f One spare copy CVSS ts HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED:29/01 /2O25 ORDER CRLP.No.559 of 2025 ALLOWED