APHC010394672026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6476/2026 Between: RACHAMALLU SIVA PRASAD REDDY, S/O. RACHAMALLU SIYA SANKAR REDDY,AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, OCC FORMER MLA,RESIDING AT D. NO. 28/391, RAMESWARAM,PRODDATUR TOWN AND MANDAL, YSR KADAPA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High court of Andhra Pradesh at AmaravathiThrough Station House Officer,Proddatur III Town Police Station. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: V NITESH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.6476 of 2026 Dated 30.07.2026 The Court made the following: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 2. Mr. V. Nitesh, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that, though the learned Trial Court allowed the application for renewal of the petitioner's passport, it imposed a rider that the petitioner shall not visit other countries for the purpose of renewing the passport. Aggrieved by the said condition, the petitioner has approached this Court by filing the present Criminal Petition. 3. Per contra, Mr.A.Sai Rohith, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, requested this Court to pass appropriate orders in the interest of justice. 4. The present Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), seeking to set aside the order dated 29.04.2026 passed in Crl.M.P.No.604 of 2026 in C.C. No.1542 of 2025 on the file of the learned I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Proddatur, to the limited extent of the condition restraining the petitioner from visiting other countries. 5. It is evident from the record that the learned Trial Court permitted the petitioner to renew his passport. However, the rider imposed, namely, that the petitioner shall not visit other countries, is not warranted in the facts and circumstances of the case. 3 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.6476 of 2026 Dated 30.07.2026 6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the impugned order is modified. The petitioner is permitted to visit other countries, as and when required, by obtaining prior permission from the learned Trial Court in accordance with law. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 30.07.2026 RSI 4 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.6476 of 2026 Dated 30.07.2026 27 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6476 of 2026 Date: 30.07.2026 RSI