ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS, 2023’) seeking quashment of the order, dated 19.03.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.348 of 2025 in Crl.M.P.No.1685 of 2024 in Crl.A.No.1341 of 2024.

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

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Appellate Court, by order dated 08.10.2024 in Crl.M.P. No.1685 of 2024, directed the petitioner/accused to deposit 20% of the compensation amount within a period of sixty (60) days. However, the petitioner was unable to comply within the stipulated time due to financial constraints. Consequently, he filed Crl.M.P. No.348 of 2025 seeking an extension of time for compliance, supported by a Fixed Deposit Receipt dated

29.01.2025 as evidence of readiness to fulfill the order.

Significantly, the respondent/complainant filed a memo expressing no objection to the extension sought by the petitioner. Despite this concurrence, the Appellate Court, by its impugned order dated 19.03.2025, rejected the petitioner's request on t