lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I.C.D.SEKHAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5142 OF 2025 Betwee n : A!£ :; 7t/, :y/.; ll [3505] !*ife%!ifi,`iJ singudas puIIarao, S/o Babji, Aged 50 years, Resident of Polavaram Vi,lagrct Nallajarla mandal. West Godavari Distrl-ct Petitioner/A2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., At Amaravati, Through SHO, Proh. and Excise StatI'On, Polavaram, West Godavari Distn-ct. Respondent petition under section 482 of BNSS, 2023(Section 438 of Cr.P.C), is fl-led praying that in the circumstances stated I'n the memorandum Of grounds filed in support of the criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to Anticipatory Bail to Petitioner/Accused No.2 directing the Police to release the petitioner/Accused No.2 in the event of his arrest in Crime No.32 of 2025 dated ll.02.2025 of Proh. & Excise Station Polavaram, Eluru District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon Perusing the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri SAMBOJU BALA GOPAL, Advocate for the Petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent, the Court made the following ORDER The Court made the following ORDER: t The pr~esent Cr-lminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the --I Bhara{iya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, by the petitioner for granting of antic'lpatory bail in connection with crime No.32 of 2025 on the file of the prohibition & Excise Station, Polavaram, Eluru D-lstrict, reg'lStered for the alleged offences punishable under sections 7(B) r/w 8(A) & 8(B) of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2020. 2. The case of the prosecution iS that the Petitioner/Accused No.2 is a jaggery dealer who in turn sold jaggery to Accused No.1. On the confession made by Accused No.1, the petitioner is added -ln the ,Said Crime aS Accused No.2. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioner WOuld Submit that the Petitioner iS absolutely no way concerned with the present crime and his name is included as Accused No.2 on the confession made by Accused No.1. He would further submit that the petitioner is neither manufacturing nor selling the lD Liquor. lt is further stated that the petitioner was not present at the scene of offence| 4. On the other hand, learned Assistant PubI'lc Prosecutor opposed the ba" application on the ground that the petitioner is collecting commission from Accused No.1. <,-© I 5. Having consI-dered the submissI-OnS made by both the learned counsel, this court is inclined to allow the present crI'minal Petition WI-th the following conditions: I-) ln the event of arrest of the petitioner, the petI'tiOner Shall be enlarged on bail on executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties each for like sum to the satisfactI-On Of the prohibition and Excise Inspector, prohibition & Excise Station, Polavaram, Eluru District; Ii) The petitioner shall make hI-mSelf available for investigation as and when required; iI-i) The petitI'Oner Shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the Prosecution Witnesses; 6. Accordingly, the Criminal PetitI'On iS allowed. //TRUE COPY// SD/-M]SR!N!'VAS ASS IS TAfuI-Th SE REGISTRAR jON ,OFFICER For Tol 1. The SHO, Proh. and Excise Station, Polavaram, West Godavari District. 2. One CC to SRl. SAMBOJU BALA GOPAL Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P [OPUC] 4. One spare copy psk •{ 1--i,-? HIGH COURT TCDS,J DATED : 24/06/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5142 of 2025 ALLOWED