APHC010010982026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 286/2026 Between: S TRINATHA RAO, S/O. ACHUTHA RAO,AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS,R/O. RAMA CAMP, ROUDKUNDARAICHUR DISTRICTKARNATAKA - 584128. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATI - 522237. 2. D SREEHARSHA, S/O. D. SREEKANTA MURTHY,AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS,R/O.JAMBULABANDA, GUNDIBANDA MANDAL,MADAKASIRA TALUQ, SRI SATYA SAI DISTRICT - 515305. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: K NARSI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 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 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.286 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to quash the order passed against the Petitioner/Appellant/Accused in Crl.M.P.No.385 of 2025 in Crl.A.No.88 of 2025 of 2023 on the file of the learned II Additional District & Sessions Judge, Hindupur, Sri Satya Sai District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, the learned II Additional District & Sessions Judge, Hindupur, Sri Satya Sai District, vide order dated 05.12.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.385 of 2025 in Crl.A.No.88 of 2025 of 2023, while suspending the sentence of imprisonment, directed the Petitioner/Accused to deposit 20% of the compensation amount before the learned Trial Court within thirty days. 4. The learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner is onerous to pay that amount, as he is financially crippled. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the order of the Appellate Court is modified as follows: The Petitioner shall deposit 10% of the compensation amount within a period of two weeks. On such deposit, Respondent No.2 is at liberty to withdraw the same by producing sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. On deposit of 10% of the compensation amount, the Petitioner shall be enlarged on bail on executing a bond for Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.286 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 Ten Thousand only) with two sureties for likesum each, to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. 6. On failure to deposit 10% of the compensation amount before the learned Trial Court within two weeks from today, the learned Trial Court and the Appellate Court are at liberty to proceed in accordance with law. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.01.2026 PRA 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.286 of 2026 Dated 19.01.2026 108 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.286 of 2026 Date: 19.01.2026 PRA