-t IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7414 OF 2025 Between.I s. charanjith singh, s/o. Jasavanth singh, Aged about 50 years, occ: pvt. service, R/o. Lakshmi Arcade plot No, 301 and 401, uppaI, Medchal-malkajgiri District-500 039, Telangana state. ` PetitI-Oner/Accused No.5 AND The State of An`dhra pradesh, Rep. by I-tS Public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra pradesh at Amaravathl-. Respondent/complainant petjtjon under section 482 of BNSS., is filed praying that I-n the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the petition, the High court may be pleased to grant ANTICIPATORY BAIL to the petitioner/Accused No.5 in connection with crime No. 37/2025 of Prohibition & ExcI-Se P.S. Repalle I-n the event of arrest on such condition or conditions. The petI-lion coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petjtjon and the grounds filed I'n Support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri. NAGA RAJU KOLLATI Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent; The Court made the following ORDER: Dr_YLR,J Crl.P.No.7414 2025 Dt.ll.08.2Cl25 The Court made the following ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity fthe BNSSJ) by the petit'loner/Accused No.5 for granting of Pre-arrest ba'll in connection with crime No.37 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Police Station, Repalle, reg-lstered for the alleged Offence Punishable under Section 34(a) of A.P. Excise Amendment Act, 2023. 2. The case of`the PrOSeCut'lOn iS that On 03.07.2025, on reliable i information, the prohibition & Excise officials, Mangalagiri along staff t\ and mediators proceeded to the scene of offence and found two persons. on inspection of the scene of offence, the police found 21 empty plastic cans of 35 liters capacity each. The police further found 510 empty plastic bottles Of 180 ml each without lids and labels. On interrogation, the apprehended persons revealed that the petitioner/Accused No.5 herein is supplying the bottles and labels used for 180 ml PET bottles of liquor,. Basing on the statement made by Other accused, the petitioner herein -ls arrayed as Accused No.5 in this case. 3. Mr.Naga Raju Kollati, the learned COunSel for the Petitioner contends that the petitioner 'ls innocent of the alleged offence and has been falsely implicated by the police. lt 'ls further submitted that the - `-9 `-----` t I+ 3 Dr.YLR,J CrI.P.No.7414 2025 Dt.ll_O8.2025 + petitioner is the sole earning member of the family and, he is ready to abide any condltions that may be imposed by {hls court, and l{ is urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petit,'oner. 4. Per confra, Ms.P.Akhila NajduJ the learned Ass]-slant publl|c prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of pre-arrest ba" to the petitioner, submi{{I.ng that the ,|nvestiga{ion is sti" underway and several materI'al witnesses remain {o be examined. l{ is contended that if the petI'tiOner is released on pre-arrest bau there is a strong likelihood that he may abscond, t'`hereby hampering the ongoing investigatl-on and evading the process of law. [n view of the foregoing, jt is urged that the Petition be dismissed. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the pe{itjoner and the learned Assistant public Prosecutor. perused the record. 6. On perusal of the record, the aIIega{l'on leveled agal-ns{ the peti{joner/Accused No.5 l's that the main accused has purchased bottles and labels used for 180 ml PET bottles of liquior. Even though, the learned Assistant public prosecutor submI-{S that there is one antecedent agaI'nSt the peti{iorler I'n Crime No.12 of 2022 on the similar aIIegationsJ considering the nature and gravity of the allegations leveled against the c=----=--- _-* L_\ .i. Dr.YLR,J crI.P.No.7414_2025 Dt.ll.08.2025 I petitioner and his role played in this case, th'ls court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the pet'ltioner/Accused No.5. 7. ln the reSultJ the Criminal Petition iS allowed With the following conditions|. i. ln the event of his arrest, the petit'loner/Accused No.5 shall be enlarged On ba'l' Subject tO he executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Five Thousand, ;nty), With two Sureties for the like Sum each tO \ the satisfaction` of the arresting police officials; ii. ' The petitioner/Accused No.5 shall make h'lmSelf available for investigation as and when required; iii. The petitioner/Accused No.5 shall not Cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses-, iv. The petitioner/Accused No.5 shall appear before the stat'lon House Officer concerned Once in a Week 'l.e., On every saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m., till I f'lling of the charge sheet. v. The petitioner/Accused No.5 shall not leave the district l'lmits without the express permission from the station House Officer concerned. -t--...=," tL.-=,--_ To, 5 Dr.YLR,I Crl.p. No.7414_20i-5 v" The petlt'oner/Accused No5 shaH surrender herofJJO82O25 passport, lf any, {o the lnves{lga{lng off,cer 'f she c'a,ms that she does not have passport, she she" subm,I an affldav,i to that effect to the Invest,'gatl|ng offl'cer. / =£¥-_LJ= _SKI DE=Vl llTRUE COPYll ASSES:ffi;##AV# sECTloN OFFJCER 1 :huent::a5llos?Hgt`Ouse Offlcer, prohlbltlOn & ExcISe PoIICe S{atlon, RepaIIe, 2 One cc to srj NAGA RAJU KOLLATI, Advocate [opucJ 3 Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIgh Court of Andhra pradesh, AmaravatI'. [OUTJ 4. One spare copy JSS HIGH COURT DR.YLR, J DATED-.ll /08/2025 A I BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.7414 of 2025 ALLOWED