THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.770 OF 2011 DATED 29th JANUARY, 2011. BETWEEN : Sayeeda Begum & another .. Petitioners and The State of A.P. ..Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.770 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to direct the trial Court to return the fixed deposit receipts submitted by them in Sessions Case No.276 of 2010 on the file of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad. Heard. Brief facts of the case are that the present petitioners stood as sureties to one Md.Javeed Khan in S.C.No.276 of 2010 wherein he was tried for an offence punishable under Sections 8 (c) read with 20- B (ii) (a) of N.D.P.S. Act and 25 (1) of Arms Act. After release of the accused, trial was concluded and he was convicted for the said offences and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and the period of sentence already suffered by him was also directed to be given set off under Section 428 Cr.P.C. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the accused has also served the entire sentence of imprisonment. Hence, the petitioners before this Court filed a petition before the trial Court seeking return of fixed deposit receipts, whereas the learned trial Judge returned the petition stating “How this petition is maintainable when the case is pending. Hence, this petition is returned” and “Appeal time is not completed. Hence, this petition is returned”. This Court is of the view that the order passed by the learned trial Judge is erroneous. Once an accused is convicted after completion of due trial, the bail bonds executed by him shall automatically stand cancelled. Hence, the present petitioners, who stood as sureties, are entitled to get back the fixed deposit receipts filed by them before the concerned Court. Hence, the order of the learned trial Judge is set aside and the trial Judge is directed to return the fixed deposit receipts to the petitioners herein. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 29.01.2011 sur