APHC010518982025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10141/2025 Between: 1. LINGAM JOHN BENNY, S/O. MOSES,AGED 49 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 12-25,NEHRU NAGAR, GUDLAVALLERU, KRISHNA DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati Through the Station House Officer,Machavaram Police Station, Vijayawada City, NTR District ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to relax the conditions imposed by the Court of the of the Hon’ble XII Addl. District and Sessions Judge Court, Vijayawada, Krishna District, while granting Bail in CrI. M.P. No. 292 of 2025 vide orders Dt.20.05.2025 in the interest of justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. UDAY KUMAR VAMPUGADAVALA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.10141 of 2025 Dated 24.10.2025 The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 483(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to relax the conditions Nos.1 and 4 imposed against the petitioner/Accused No.1 vide order dated 20.05.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.292 of 2025 in Cr.No.77 of 2025 of Machavaram Police Station, passed by the learned XII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vijayawada. 2. Heard Sri C.Nageswara Rao, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. The condition No.1 says that the petitioner shall appear before the SHO, Machavaram every Monday between 10.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. for a period of 6 months and the condition No.4 says that the petitioner is further directed to surrender his passport to the police and not to leave the Country without prior permission of the Court. 4. The learned Senior Counsel submits that the daughter of the petitioner is pursuing her Master’s Degree in applied Computer Sciences in 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.10141 of 2025 Dated 24.10.2025 Northwest Missouri State University and the petitioner and his wife need to attend his daughter’s commencement ceremony i.e., Graduation ceremony. 5. Pursuant to the directions given by this Court on 09.10.2025, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the petitioner had co- operated with the Investigating Officer. Except filing of the charge sheet, material portion of the investigation is completed. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is allowed relaxing the condition Nos.1 and 4 imposed against the petitioner/Accused No.1 vide order dated 20.05.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.292 of 2025 in Cr.No.77 of 2025 of Machavaram Police Station, passed by the learned XII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vijayawada. However, the petitioner shall submit his itinerary to the Investigating Officer. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 24.10.2025 sj 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.10141 of 2025 Dated 24.10.2025 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10141 of 2025 Date: 24.10.2025 sj