C_--__ -oli= I + IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA FRIDAY, THE-TENTH DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENlvASA RED CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9814 OF 2024 Betwee n : Ketha Satya Siva Prasad, S/o Venkataswami Aged about 44 years, No.2-25112/1, Ketha Vari Veedi, AC Gardens, Rajamahendravaram Rural, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh -533101 ...Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through the Rajamahendravaram ll Town PS, East Godavari District, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP at Amaravathi. ...Respondent Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and 438 of Cr.P.C,1973 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 Qn bail in the event Of his arrest 'ln connection with F.I.R.No.134 of 2024 dated 22/07/2024 on the file of Rajamahendravaram lI Town Police Station, East Godavari for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 7(B) R/w 8(B) of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Act,1995. Counsel forthe Petitioner : Sri Bhagat Singh Kowru Counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Publ'lc Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: EHE HIGHp=AODUERsTHOF ANDHRA Ei]iEE1 (sp fToAgMA=AJVATl t ) [3327] FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRllVIINAL PETITION NO.9814 OF 2024 Between : Ketha Satya Siva Pra`sad ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COIVIPLAINANT counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. BHAGAT SINGH KOWRU I counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/Accused, seeking antiCiPatOry bail, in connection With crime No.134 of 2024 of Rajahmundry ll Town Police Station, East Godavari district. rftf, i. a <,^t tr \`= I+ 2. A case has been registered againstthe petl'tioner herein for the offence punl'shable under section 7-B read with 8-B of the A.P. ProhI-bitiOn (Amendment) Act, 2020. Case of the prosecution, I-n brief, is that, on 22.07.2024, at ( about 02.00 PM, on credible information, the sub-Inspector of police, II Town L&O Police Station, Rajamahendravaram, along with his staff and mediators, proceeded to subbayamma Ghat, AC Gardens, Rajamahendravaram, and found one person while carrying a polythene bag. on seeing the police party, he escaped from the spot by leaving the polythene bag, which contains 20 litres of ID Arrack. The contraband was seized under cover of a mediators report and a case has been registered against the accused. I 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Petl'tiOner Its innocent and he is falsely implicated in the present crime based on the medl'ators report and nothing has been seized from his possessI'On. He further submI'tS that most of the investigation is completed. I/ 5. On the contrary, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the investigation is in progress and if the petitioner i: granted anticipatory bail, he may hamper the process of invest®lgation and tamper with the prosecution evidence. 6. Heard. PerusedthereCOrd. 7. A perusal Of the FIR goes tO Show that based On the mediators report, the name of the petitioner herein is shown as accused in the present cr-Ime and nO COntraband iS Seized from his possession. ln view of the aforesa'ld facts and circumstances of the case, this court is incl'lned to grant anticipatory bail to the pet'ltioner/Accused On the following COnd'ltiOnS. ®l) ln the event of arrest of the petitioner/Accused in the aforesaid cr'lme, he shall be enlarged On ba'll On h'IS executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfact®lon of the concerned Arresting Offilcer. ii) petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and sha" make himself available for interrogation by a police offilcer as and when requ'lred, and he sha" not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dl'ssuade him from dI'SCIosjng such facts to the Court or to any police officer. lilt) PetI'tl'Oner shall appear before the stall.On House officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every saturday between 10.00 AM and o1.00 PM tI®ll filing of the charge sheet. ?. The CrI-minal Petition is, accordl-ngly, a"owed. //TRUE COPY// Fo ASSISTANTi SD/-u.SRI DEVl` STRAR To, 1. The Stall-on House officer, Rajamahendravaram " Town police station, East Godavari DI'StrI'Ct. 2. One CC to Sri Bhagat sI'ngh Kowru, Advocate [opuc] 3. Two cos to publl'c Prosecutor (AP) HI-gh Court ofAndhra pradesh [OUT] I 4. One spare copy CVSS HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED: 10/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.9814 of 2024 ALLOWED h,\ .`. i -.---``'- + ------_ _ _ _` \ \ :`. \ \