HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.3954 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Mallidi Veerabhadra Reddy, accused No.1, seeking to relax the condition imposed on him vide order dated 04-03-2010 in Crl.M.P. No.207 of 2010 passed by the learned III Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kakinada, and for a direction to return his passport. 2. Heard. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner reports that the petitioner is working in USA and if necessary, he has to go to USA on employment and before that he has to get his Visa renewed, as it is expiring in June 2010. 4. Considering the circumstances, It is directed that passport of the petitioner shall be returned to him on his depositing an amount of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees five lakhs only) into the trial Court, which shall be kept in fixed deposit as security. In case, the petitioner fails to appear before the trial Court for trial, whenever required, the security amount shall be forfeited and paid to the de facto complainant – wife of the petitioner. In case, the petitioner appears before the trial Court regularly, the security amount shall be returned to him along with accrued interest after completion of the trial. 5. It is further made clear that the petitioner can go to abroad on employment, but if he fails to appear before the trial Court, whenever required, apart from forfeiture of the security amount, he shall be liable for taking coercive steps, available under law, against him for procuring his presence. 6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is ordered. __________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J April 29, 2010. KTL