IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR : PRESENT : THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE : T.CH. SURYA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3025 of 2004 Between: 1.Abid Ali 2.Yaseen Ali Khan 3.Qamarunnisa .. Petitioners And The State of A.P. rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. through Police Station Falaknuma, Hyderabad. .. Respondent Petition under Section 482 of Crl.P.C. praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein, the High Court will be pleased to modify the order dated 08.07.2004 passed in Crl.MP No.1925/2004 on the file of the II Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, by reducing the surety amount duly relaxing the condition and extend the time to surrender. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.Safdar Mirza, Advocate for the Petitioners and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following ORDER : “Petitioner seeks reduction of the surety bond amount that has been fixed by the Court below while granting bail to him. He was directed to execute a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the court. It appears that instead of producing Solvency Certificate to the satisfaction of the Court, the practice prevailing in the Metropolitan Courts seems to be that sureties are producing the fixed deposit receipts before the Court. The petitioner, who could not produce the fixed deposit receipts for the requisite amount, could not be released sofar despite the fact that he has been granted bail. The request of the petitioner therefore, appears to be genuine and the bond amount as granted by the Court below is reduced from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only). The petition is ordered accordingly.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1.The II Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad. 2.The XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. 3.The Station House Officer, P.S. Falaknuma, Hyderabad. 4.Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad.(OUT) 5.One spare copy. H.A. DRAFTED BY : H.A. COMPARED BY : HIGH COURT TCSRJ DT: 20-07-2004 ORDER : CRL.P.NO.3025/04 DIRECTION