E=i=--~_\ -\ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWOTHOUSANDANDTWENTY FIVE 47 :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO giv CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7750 OF 2025 # Between : Raparthi Apparao, S/o Satyanarayana, Aged about 43 years, R/0 D.No.2-131, Eetha Thota, Tatiparthi, East Godavari District. ...petitioner/A-2 ¢ AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by I-ts public prosecutor, Through Prohibition and Excise Station, Pi{hapuram, East Godavari District. ...Respondent 47 Petition under section 482 of BNSS/ Under Section 438 of Cr.P.C 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 release the PetI|tiOner/Accused No.2, on bail I-n the event Of his Arrest in Crime No. 178 of 2025, on the file of prohI-bitiOn and Excise Station, Pithapuram, East Godavari 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 KARRE SATYANANDAM Advocate for the Petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the foIIowingl raz2iEI I ? Dr. YLR, I Crl.P.No.7750 of 2025 Dated 31.07.2025 The Court made the following: ORDER-. The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity [the BNSS') by the petitioner/Accused No.2 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.178 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Pithapuram, registered for the alleged offences punishable under section 34 (a) & (f) of the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act, 2020 (for brevitytthe Act'). 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 25.06.2025 at about 02.50 P.m., On reCei+Pt Of reliable information, the Prohibition and Excise Inspector, and staff and mediators conducted a raI'd at a hut near the S.C. Ramalayam of Tatiparthi Village, Gollaprolu Marldal, belonging to A1. Upon seeing the officers, Accused No.1 attempted to escape but was apprehended. on questioning, he admitted possession of lML and beer bottles, some with tampered neck caps. seized items include:19 nips of Royal Lancer Whisky (180 ml, neck caps tampered) 6 nips of Sentini Special Whisky (180 ml, neck caps tampered)10 nips of Tropicana VSOP Brandy (180 mI) 8 bottles of Kingfisher Strong Beer (650 mI)One Android mobile phone (MOTO-G85 5G, IMEI details and PhonaPe number provided)Accused No.1 confessed that he was selling non-duty paid liquor brought from Yanarf}h Puducherry, after tampering and rebranding the '> \ 3 Dr. YLR, ` Crl.P.No.7750 of 2025 Dclted 31.07.2025 bottles with Andhra Pradesh State brand labels to earn higher profits. He also admitted purchasing 96 such bottles from a person (A2) and made a PhonePe payment of €6,000 on 23.06.2025 to the account lI'nked tO "LakshmI' Karthikeya Handlooms." He claimed that the duty-paid liquor found during the raid was purchased legally from licensed shops in Gollaprolu for loose sales to earn a livelihood. The accused was arrested and the offence was explained to him. HI|S father Was informed. Based on the confessI'On given by Accused No.1, a case was registered against the petitioner/Accused No.2. 3. Sri K.Satyanandam, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence; he was falsely implicated in this case; he I-S the SOle breadwinner Of his family; he is ready to abide any condI'tiOnS tO be imposed by this Court; a`nd urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.2.- 4. Per confra, .Ms. P.Akila Naidu, the learned Assistant PublI-C Prosecutor, opposed in granting of bail stating that investigation is not yet completed; if the petitioner is granted pre-arrest bail, he wj!] repeat the same offence and urged to dismiss the bail petition. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant PubII|C Prosecutor. Perused the record. </ 4 Dr. YLR, J CrI.P.No.775O of 2025 Dated 31.07.2025 6. As seen from the record, the allegation of the Prosecution iS that the pet|ltioner/Accused No.2 supplied ID liquor to Accused No.1. Based on the phone transactions between Accused No.1 and Accused No.2, the poI'lce arrayed the petitioner accused in the case. Whereas, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a weaver and he is doing sarees business, he sold some sarees to Accused No.1. The phone transactions between Accused No.1 and Accused No.2 are relating to the purchase of the sarees. Because of the political rivalry, the petitioner was shown as accused. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that there are no adverse antecedents against the petitioner. The pet-[tioner is a permanent resident of Eetha Thota of Tatiparthi Village, East Godavari District. He has landed property, he would not escape from the clutches of the l'aw, if he is granted the pre-arrest bail. 7. For the above reasons, cons'ldering the gravity and nature of the allegations against the petitioner/Accused No.2, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.2. 8. In the result, the `Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. ln the event of his arrest, the petitioner/AccusedNo.2 shall be enlarged on bail subject to he executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) 5 Dr. YLR, ` CrI.P.No.7750 of 2025 Dated 31.O7.2025 with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting polI'Ce Officials; ii. The petitl-oner/Accused No.2 shall make himself aval'Iable for investigation as and when required,I IiI'. Thepetitioner/AccusedNo.2shall not cause any threat, inducement or proml'se to the prosecutl-on wI'tneSSeS; iv. The petl'tioner/Accused No.2 shall appear before the station House offI-Cer concerned oncein a week i.e., on every saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m., tI-ll filing of the charge sheet. v. The petitI®Oner/Accused No.2 shall not leave the district limits without the express permission from the station House Officer concerned. . . .. .-..--Tt€ vi. The petitI'Oner/Accused No.2 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If he claims that he does not 'have a passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating officer. ' sD/-K.J.RAJA BABU //TRUE COPY// ASSs[EScT#FllScTERRAR i To, 1. The Station House officer, prohl'bjtion & ExcI-Se StatI|On, Pithapuram, pray East Godavari District 2. One CC to SRl. KARRE SATYANANDAMAdvocate [opuc] 37Z7 3, Two CCs to plJBl lr pRn.QFrlITnD LJ;nL A_..I_1 _, A _ H J, HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED:31/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.7750 of 2025 ALLOWED ...J~`-` -'Sr,rife.,I;,;. t -. |r