APHC010639322025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] SATURDAY, THE 19th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 890/2026 Between: 1. VANKADARU HARI KRISHNA, S/O SUBHASH AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS,R/0 D.NO 74-24-24/1,DHANEKULA VARISTREET, ASHOK NAGAR VIJAYAWADA KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI. 2. KONDAVEETI SRINIVASA RAO, S/O CHINA RAJA RAO. AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS R/0 FLAT NO.401TH FLOOR SVR MYSONET.1/2 CHANDRAMOULI NAGAR, GUNTUR. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SAI GANGADHAR CHAMARTY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. CHILUKURI NARENDRA BABU 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity, ‘the Cr.P.C’)/Sections 438 and 2 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), seeking to set aside the order dated 06.09.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.457 of 2025 in Crl.A.No.191 of 2025 on the file of the learned II Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor and learned counsel for respondent No.2 3. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the financial condition of the Petitioner is deplorable and he is unable to comply with the conditions imposed by the learned Appellate Court directing deposit of 20% of the compensation amount. 4. In this regard, it is apposite to refer judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court wherein at Jamboo Bhandari v. M.P. SIDC Ltd1 at Paragraph Nos.7 to 10, it is held that the court under exceptional cases may grant suspension of sentence without imposing the condition of deposit of 20% of the fine/compensation amount/cheque amount. 5. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, the impugned order dated 06.09.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.457 of 2025 in Crl.A.No.191 of 2025 on the file of the learned II Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur, is slightly modified. The Petitioner is permitted to deposit 10% of the compensation amount within a period of four (04) weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. On such deposit, Respondent No.2 is at 1 (2023) 10 SCC 446 3 liberty to withdraw the same upon furnishing sufficient surety to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. 6. In the result, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. Miscellaneous Petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.09.2026 BMS