THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.8207 OF 2010 Between : Devarapudi Raju ...PETITIONER A N D The State of A.P. …RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.8207 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 440 (2) read with 482 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short “Cr.P.C”) is filed by the petitioner – A.2 seeking to modify the order dated 15.07.2010 passed in Crl.M.P.No.1233 of 2010 on the file of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Cyberabad, L.B.Nagar, by reducing the surety amount from Rs.10,000/- with two sureties to Rs.5000/- with one surety. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. For the reasons stated in the petition and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to consider the request of the petitioner and accordingly, the order passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Cyberabad, is modified as follows: Petitioner-A.2 is directed to execute a personal bond for Rs.5000/- with one surety, instead of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed with the above said modification. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO AUGUST 18, 2010. YVL