IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4957 OF 2025 Between: Anke Srinivasu @ Nalla Srinu, S/o Venkateswara Rao @ Venkateswarlu, Hindu, Aged 34 Years, R/o Namavaram Village, Rajanagaram Mandalam ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED -SOLE AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, At Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 482 of BNSS., is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, directing the arresting officer to release him on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with FIR NO. 26 of 2025 of Prohibition & Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram-South This Petition Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the and upon hearing the arguments of Sri B Paramesewara Rao, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent The Court made the following ORDER : APHC010235002025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY ,THE NINTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE iLi [3369] ‘if . ■- PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4957/2025 Between; Anke Srinivasu @ Nalla Srinu, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused; 1.B PARAMESEWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ORDER: This Criminal Petition, u/Sec.482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/accused, seeking anticipatory in Crime No.26 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram South. A case has been registered against the petitioner/accused for the offence punishable u/Sec.7-B r/w 8-A of A.P. Prohibition (Amendment) Act. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 10.01.2025 at 09.00 am, on receipt of reliable information, the S.l of Police, along with staff, rushed to the scene of offence i.e., near bushes at Bujipalli cheruvu back side of petrol bail. 2. 3. 4. X, 2 bunk the road leads to Rajavolu to Kondagunturu in Rajavolu Village of Rajamahendravaram Rural Mandal, and found two plastic drums containing 400 liters of FJ wash, each drum containing about 200 liters of FJ wash (02x200=400), which was fit for distillation of ID liquor. When the S.l of Police enquired with some persons present at the scene about owner of the FJ wash drums, they revealed that the FJ wash drums belongs to Anke Srinivasu @ Nalla Srinu (Accused). 5. Heard. Perused the record. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that major part of the 6. investigation is completed except filing of charge sheet for want of RFSL report and prays to dismiss the petition. He further submitted that four antecedents are reported against the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is aged 7. about 34 years and he is the bread earner of his entire family and if he was arrested, his entire family will be put to starvation and prays to allow the criminal petition. As submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the 8. petitioner has four antecedents, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner/accused at this stage. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. 9. Sd/- B. CHITTI JOSEPH ASSISTANT< ISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer Prohibition & Excise Police Station, Rajamahendravaram-South, East Godavari District. 2. One CC to Sri B Paramesewara Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 7 HIGH COURT DATED:09/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4957 of 2025 ANDH^ iS 0 6 SEP 2025 ■v\ O', o> DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION