lN THE HIGH COURT-OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl / TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE I.PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5364 OF 2025 Between : palivela veera venkata Ramana @ BUJJl, S/o. Nageswara Rao, Age about 36 Yrs, R/o. Raghunadhapuram village, Rajanagaram MandaI. East Godavari District. ...Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent petit®IOn under Sect-Ion 482 of BNSS/438 of Cr.P.C. is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased tO enlarge the Petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest in Crime No.58 OF 2025 dated: 22.01.2025, the file of the proh. & Exc-lse Station Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavari District. The petition coming on for hear-lng, upon Perusing the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAO Advocate for the petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, and the Court made the following ORDER: rct37 ./ ./- EEESE_-+ L.L+,` _ .`:± 7 APHCOI O259312025 E] HE] E=i.+:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Julrisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TIC.D.SEKHAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5364/2025 Betwee n : Palivela Veera Venkata Ramana Alias BujjI- AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: [3505] .mPETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 1. KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: The present Criminal ,Petition has been filed under Section 438 of the. / Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, by the petitioner for granting of anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.58 of 2025 on the file of the Prohibition & 'Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavari District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 7-B r/w 8-B & 8-A of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition (Amendment) ActI 2020. 2. It is the case of the prosecution that as per the instructions of Prohibition and Excise Superintended, Rajamahendravaram, the Prohibition and Excise Inspector conducted a raid on 05.01.2024 at 12:30 p.m. along with his staff at Bhupalapatnam Grama Sachivalayam of Rajanagaram Mandal. lt -ls the further case of the prosecution that the police found 2,200 liters of FJ wash in ll 'lron drums each containing 200 liters which is fit for distillation of ID Liquor. 'lt -ls the further case of the petitioner that on the statement given by the Village Revenue Officer, Bhupalapatnam, it has`come to light that the petitioner is manufactur-lng lD Liquor. 3. On the one hand, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is not present at the scene of offence and he was falsely implicataed in ,the said crime. He would further submit that the pe`titioner did not commit any offence as alleged and he is the sole breadwinner of the family and requested to allow the present criminal petition. g-rp- 4. Per contra, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed the bail appII-CatiOn On the ground that the Petitioner iS a habitual Offender and in the event of his release on bail, it is very difficult to secure his presence. 5. Having consl-dered the submissions made by both the learned counsel, this Court is inclined to allow the present criminal petition with the followI-ng conditions: i) ln the event of arrest of the petitioner, the petitioner 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 satisfaction of the Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspector, Rajamahendravaram south, East Godavari District; ii) The petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required; iii) The petitioner shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses; 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. Sd/-K.J.RAJA BABU //TRUE COPY// ASSISTANT£STRAR For ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To, 1. The Sub-Inspector, Proh. & ExcI-Se Station Rajamahendravaram south, East GodavarI' District. 2. One CC to SRI. KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAO,Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 4. One spare copy I(N \ .- HIGH COURT TCDS,J DATED : 24/06/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.5364 of 2025 ALLOWED