HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3 seeking to reduce the interim compensation ordered to be paid by the petitioners vide order dated 11.09.2025 passed in Crl.M.P. No.559 of 2025 in Crl.A. No.124 of 2025 by the VI Additional District Judge, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally.

2. Heard Sri K. Narasimha Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri CMR Velu, learned counsel for the respondent No.2.

3. The crux of the case is that the petitioners herein have suffered conviction in the trial court vide STC NI No.340 of 2023 whereunder they were convicted to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and was directed to pay compensation of Rs.3,30,00,000/- i.e. the cheque amount within two months from the date of the judgment. Aggrieved by the said judgment of conviction and sentence, the petitioners have preferred an appeal vide Crl.A. No.124 of 2025 before the VI Additional District Judge, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally. At the time of presenting the appeal, they also filed Crl.M.P. No.559 of 2025 seeking suspension of sentence during the pendency of the appeal. The appellate court has a