APHC010263792026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4151/2026 Between: 1. NADALA SRINIVAS, , S/O. VENKATESH,AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/O.D.NO. 11-3-665/22,SANJIVAPURAM, PARSIGUTA, OPPOSITE TO MADHU HIGH SCHOOLHYDERABAD-500061 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, ,REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF A.P, NELAPADU,AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRIC-522239THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ONGOLE 2. INABATHINA SUPRAJA, , W/O V. TULASI RAMMOHAN,AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, R/O. 4 LINE, GANDHI NAGAR,ONGOLE TOWN, PRAKASAM DISTRICT-523001. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PUPPALA SNEHA LATHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 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’), seeking to quash the proceedings vide order dated 29.04.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.123 of 2026 in Crl.M.P.No.112 of 2026 in C.A.No.69 of 2026 on the file of the learned VIII Additional District Judge, Prakasam, Ongole. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Issuance of notice to Respondent No2 is not required, inasmuch as the impugned order relates to deposit of 20% of the compensation amount within a stipulated time. 4. The learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner is employed as a clerk in a small institution. His earnings are insufficient even to sustain his livelihood, and therefore, the Petitioner is not in a position to comply with the order of the learned Appellate Court directing him to deposit 20% of the compensation amount. 5. 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. 1 (2023) 10 SCC 446 3 6. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, the impugned order dated 29.04.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.123 of 2026 in Crl.M.P.No.112 of 2026 in C.A.No.69 of 2026 on the file of the learned VIII Additional District Judge, Prakasam, Ongole, is slightly modified. The Petitioner is permitted to deposit 12% of the cheque amount within a period of six (06) weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. On such deposit, Respondent No.2 is at liberty to withdraw the same upon furnishing sufficient surety to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. 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: 07.05.2026 PRA 4 105 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4151 of 2026 Date: 07.05.2026 PRA