IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.367 OF 2010 Between: 1. Dayala Chandraiah @ Chandraiah 2. Kumban Kumara Swamy @ Kumar ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1 & 2 AND The State of A.P., through Bowenpally Police Station, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.367 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Dayala Chandraiah @ Chandraiah and Kumban Kumara Swamy @ Kumar, accused Nos.1 and 2 respectively, seeking to reduce the surety amount ordered by the learned IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad vide order dated 06-01-2010 in Criminal M.P. No. 3668 of 2009 in Crime No.392 of 2009 of Bowenpally Police Station, Secunderabad. 2. Heard. 3. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the surety amount ordered by the learned Sessions Judge shall stand reduced to Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) from Rs.20,000/-. The remaining order shall stand as it is. 4. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is allowed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J January 21, 2010. NOTE: Dispatch the order within two (2) days. (B/O) PV