THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.15168 of 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking extension of time to deposit 10% of the fine amount imposed by the appellate Court vide order dated 10.11.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.317/2025 in Crl.A.No.35/2025 on the file of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, at Karimnagar, wherein a period of seven (7) days from the date of the order was fixed for such payment.

2. Heard Mr.Hari Kishan Kudikala, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1-State.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that he was convicted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 in C.C.No.441 of 2018 on the file of the learned I Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, at Huzurabad. Aggrieved by the said conviction, he preferred an appeal before the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, at Karimnagar in Crl.A.No.35 of 2025, along with a miscellaneous petition in Crl.M.P.No.