JUDGMENT

Dated this the 08^th day of April, 2026

1^st and 2^nd sureties of accused No.1 and 2^nd surety of accused No.8 in S.C.No.557/2013 on the files of the Additional Sessions Court – I, Thrissur, to whom against M.C.No.2178/2025 has been registered by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Thrissur, have filed this appeal under Section 495 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 .

2. Heard the learned counsel for the appellants and the learned Public Prosecutor in detail and perused the order impugned.

3. Precisely stating, the appellant Nos.1 and 2 herein stood as sureties Nos.1 and 2 for accused No.1 and the 3^rd appellant stood as 2^nd surety for accused No.8 for releasing the accused on bail in this case before trial court and thereafter, due to non-appearance of the accused before the trial court, the bail bond executed by the appellants herein along with the accused has been forfeited and the trial court imposed penalty on the sureties which reads as under:

“6. In the