HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRL.P.No.4296 of 2011 ORDER: Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. The question raised in this criminal petition is whether the petitioner herein by name Smt.Masrath Jahan is entitled to receive the F.D.R amount standing in the name of her deceased sister by name Smt.Zareena Sultana Nikhath. The petitioner and her deceased sister stood as surety for an accused in a Sessions Case i.e., S.C.No.314 of 2006 and each of them gave F.D.R worth Rs.10,000/- and deposited in the Metro City Criminal Courts Employees Mutually Aided Co-operative Credit Society Limited, Hyderabad. All the details are mentioned in the order of the learned V-Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad. The accused was released following an acquittal in the said case. 3. Thereafter the petitioner applied for return of the FDR amount pertaining to her deceased sister and the learned V- Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge rejected that application on the ground that the FDR amount will have to be paid only to the legal representatives of the deceased but not the nominee. Last time when the matter was taken up for hearing, a notice was ordered to the concerned Metro City Criminal Courts Employees Mutually Aided Co-operative Credit Society Limited, Hyderabad also. Today, the said society Manager by name Smt.A.Vijaya Sree turned up and she reported, as per the records of the society, the petitioner herein is shown as nominee in the FDR of the deceased by her only. It may be noted that the nominee under the FDR is entitled to receive the amount after the death of the FDR holder and, therefore, she can receive the said amount. It is, however, made clear that just by reason of being a nominee she does not get any title to the amount and she will be accountable for the amount received, to the legal representatives and others who are rightfully entitled to the said amount. 4. Accordingly, the impugned order of the learned V- Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge is set aside. Subject to the condition of the liability of the petitioner to account for the amount received to the legal representatives of the deceased or other legal title-holders, the Metro City Criminal Courts Employees Mutually Aided Co-operative Credit Society Limited, Hyderabad, is directed to pay the FDR amount to the petitioner. 5. The Criminal Petition is accordingly allowed. _________________________ JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR 21-07-2011 Gsn.