THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2682 of 2011 30th March, 2011 Between :- Dumbula Sridhar Reddy @ Sridhar .. Petitioner And The State of A.P. through its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad .. Respondent THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2682 of 2011 ORDER:- This is an application filed by the petitioner seeking relaxation of the conditions imposed on him with regard to his deposit of passport and not to leave the country without prior permission as ordered by the X-Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri in Crl.M.P.No.1092 of 2011 dated 15-2-2011. The petitioner herein is A.1 in Crime No.94 of 2011 of Kushaiguda P.S., registered for the offences under Sections 498-A and 506 of I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. He approached the X-Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, for grant of bail by moving Crl.M.P.No.1092 of 2011. The learned X-Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, granted bail subject to certain conditions. The relevant portion of the order passed by the X-Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri in Crl.M.P.No.1092 of 2011 reads as hereunder:- “As can be seen from the record the police recorded the statements of material witnesses and the alleged offences against the petitioner/accused No.1 are not punishable with death or life imprisonment, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/accused No.1 by imposing conditions. the petitioner/accused No.1 is ordered to be released on bail on his executing a bond for Rs.10,000/- with two sureties each for like sum and he is directed to deposit his passport and not to leave the country without prior permission from the Court. Accordingly, the petition is allowed.” The instant application has been filed by the petitioner seeking relaxation of the conditions imposed on him in Crl.M.P.No.1092 of 2011. Heard learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that because of the condition imposed on him, he is not in a position to leave the country to take up employment in USA and therefore the said condition is required to be relaxed. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the respondent-State opposed the application. As seen from the order, the petitioner has to take permission from the trial Court before leaving the country. There is no absolute bar imposed on the petitioner not to leave the country. What is required is permission of the Court before leaving the country. Such is the situation, the petitioner is at liberty to move an application before the X- Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, seeking for necessary permission to leave the country. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ________________________ B.Seshasayana Reddy, J 30th March, 2011 smr