Order:

This Criminal Petition has been filed aggrieved by the order passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge for the trial of Jubilee Hills Car Bomb Blast Cases-cum-Additional Family Court-cum-XXIII Additional Chief Judge-cum-IX Additional Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, (for short, ‘the trial Court’) in Crl.M.P.No.6478 of 2025 in S.T.C.NI.No.8031 of 2024, dated 27.02.2026, insofar as directing the petitioner No.1 to execute a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- with two sureties is concerned.

2. Heard Mr. Syed Tousif Basha, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Mr.Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing on behalf of respondent No.1.

3. Notice in respect of respondent No.2 is dispensed with on the ground that the petitioners have filed the present petition seeking modification of impugned order, and they are not seeking any relief against respondent No.2. Respondent No.2 is arrayed only as a proforma respondent.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the learned trial Court, on 27.02.2026, allowed Crl.M.P.No.6478 of 2025 and directed the petitioners to execute a personal bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties each and further directed to pay Rs.1,000/- costs to complainant. He further submitted that petitioner No.1, being a proprietorship concern and not a juristic person, question of furnishing sureties by petitioner No.1 does not arise. The petitioners have already complied with the direction regarding payment of costs of Rs.1,000/- to the complainant. Hence, requested this Court to modify the impugned order insofar as directing the petitioner No.1 to execute a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- with two sureties is concerned.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not opposed the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioners.

6. Having considered the submissions made by the respective parties and upon perusal of the material available on record, it reveals that the learned trial Court, on 27.02.2026, allowed Crl.M.P.No.6478 of 2025 and directed the petitioners to execute a personal bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties each and to pay Rs.1,000/- costs to complainant and also imposed other conditions. Petitioner No.1 is a proprietorship concern and not a juristic person.

7. In view of the above, the impugned order passed by the learned trial Court to the extent of directing petitioner No.1 to furnish personal bond of Rs.25,000/- with sureties to the satisfaction of the trial Court is liable to be set aside and accordingly set aside. The other conditions imposed by the trial Court shall remain unaltered.

8. With the above said modification, the criminal petition is disposed of.

Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed.