IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl WEDNESDAY ,THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I.C.D.SEKHAR [3505] CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5715 OF 2025 Betwee n : Nargani Srinu, wrongly typed as Nagani Srinu @ Chinna @ Poga, S/o. Satyanarayana, Aged 46 Years, Occ Labour, R/o. H. NO. 2-16, Satellite City, Pidimgoyyi Vl'llage, Rajahmundry Rural Mandai, East Godavari District. Petitioner/Sole Accused AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Pubiic Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., through Prohl-bition and Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavari District, at Nelapadu, Amaravathi, Guntur District. Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 482 of BNSS (438 of Cr.P.C.,) praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to allow the petition and consequently to grant anticipatory bail, directing the prohl-bition and Excise Police Station, Rajamahendravaram south, East Godavari District to release the PetI'tiOner/Sole Accused involved in crime No.241 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Police StatI'On, Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavari District in the event of his arrest COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER : SRI. BABUJI TENNETI COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER J`J TCDS,J CRLP.No_5715/2025 The Court made the following ORDER: The present Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, by the Petitioner for granting of anticipatory bail in connection with crime No.241 of 2025 on the file of the prohibition & Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavari District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 7-B r/w 8-B of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2O20. 2. It is the case of the prosecution that the Prohibition & Excise Inspector and his staff conducted raid on 10.05.2O25 at about 4:30 a.m., at Dowleswaram Sachivalayam of Rajamahendravaram Rural Mandal and found one person coming on a motor cycle with a white colored mica gunny. bag kept on the motor cycle petrol tank. When the police tried to stop the Vehicle, the person perturbed and ran away by leaving the motor cycle and white COlOred mica gunny bag. It is the further case of the prosecution that the Prohibition & Excise Inspector and his staff checked the white colored mica gunny bag and found 35 liters of lD liquor in 7 polyth6ne covers each containing about 5 liters of lD Liquor. It is the further case of the petitioner that the Prohibition & Excise Inspector identified ran away person as the petitioner and lodged a case against him. 3. On the other ham_d, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is=not present at the scene of offence and he was falsely implicated in the said crime. He would further submit that the Petitioner did not I.-.. <ri -` )''\ \'| \. TC Dsi CRLP.No.5715/202s commit any offence as alleged and he I-S the SOle breadwinner of the faml'ly and requested to allow the present crI'minal Petition. 4. Per contra, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed the bail applicatI'On On the ground that the petitioner is a habitual offender and in the event of his release on bail, it is very diffI'Cult tO Secure his Presence. 5. Having considered 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 petI-tI'Oner, the petitioner shall be enlarged on baI'l 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 Inspector, ProhI-bitI'On & Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram south, East Godavari District; ii) The petI'tI'Oner Shall make himself available for investigation as and when required; iii) The petitioner shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the PrOSeCutI'On Witnesses; 6. Accordl-ngly, the CrimI-nal PetitI-On iS allowed. DEPUTY BEG Sd/- lk.T`AtA R.Ao //TRUE COPY// STRAR For SECTION OFFICER 4. One + / A /. To, 1. The Station'-House officer, Prohibition and Excise Police Station, Rajamahend+avaram South, East Godavari District 2. One`CC to SRI. BABUJI TENNETI Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P[OUT] S_P_a r9_ CO_P,y HIGH COURT TCDS]J DATED :25/06/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5715 of 2025 ALLOWED fe. "pr cEf; L B \uNL\\\