lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl WEDNESDAY, THE h^/ENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDD CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 498 OF 2025 Betwee n : Malta Krishna AIias Malta Krishnaarjuna, S/o. M. Nageshwara Rao, Aged About 31 years, R/o, Raghunadhapuram, Sri Ramapuram Post, Palacherla, East Godavari Dl'strict. Petitioner/AI AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Publl'c Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi Respondent Petition under section 482 of BNSS, 2023 (old Section 438 of Cr.P.C,) is filed praying that in the cl-rcumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed I'n Support Of the Criml'naI Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest in crime No.03 OF 2025 dated.I 02.01.2025, on the file of the Rajahmundry I Town P.S. Police Station, East Godavari DI'StriCt. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusl'ng the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed jn support thereof and upon hearI'ng the arguments of Sri KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAO Advocate for the Petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, the court made the following JS APHCO10O22272025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA E] PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (special original Jurisd-ICtiOn) [3 327] WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NQ±9±eE£Q2! Between : Malta Krishna Alias Malta Kr-lshnaarjuna ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh counsel for the petitioner/accused: 1. KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAO counsel for the Respondent/COmPIa-lnant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Grim.lnal Petition, under Sect'IOn 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been f®lled by the petitioner/A1, seek'Ing antiCiPatOry bail, in COnneCt'lOn With Cr'lme No,3 of 2025 of Rajahmundry I Town Police Station, East Godavari district. -pr -,,I- E i 2 f/ 2. A case has been registered against the Petitioner herein and others for the offence punishable under section 7-B read with 8(B) of the A.P. Prohibition Act. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, 'lS that, Oh 02.01.2025, at about o4.45 PM, on reliable information, the Sub-Inspector Of police, I Town (L&O) Police Station, RajamahendraVaram, along with his staff, while conducting raid opposite to Durgamma Talli Temple, Near Coconut Market, MangalaVaraPuPeta, Rajamahendravaram, found A2 and A3 in possession Of 30 litres of lD liquor. They confessed that Al supplied the Said lD liquor to them for selling purpose. The contraband Was Se'lZed under cover of an occurrence report and a case has been registered against the accused. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner Submits that the petitioner is innocent and he is falsely implicated in the present crime based on the confessional statement Of CO-accused and noth'lng has been seized from his possession. He further submits that most of the investigation is completed. 5, On the contrary, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the investigat'lon ®ls in progress and if the petit'loner _---,,---_ - .-`~ q>G33i_ _ _ I 3 J7 is granted anticipatory bail, he may hamper the process of investigation and-tamper with the prosecution evidence. 6. Heard. Perused the record. 7. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that based on the confessional stateinent of co-accused, the name of the petitioner herein was shown as accused in the present crime and no contraband is seized from his possession. Major portion of investigation is completed. 8. ln view of _the aforesaid facts and Circumstances Of the case, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail tO the petitioner/Al on the following conditions. i) In the event of arrest of the petitioner herein/Al in the aforesaid crime, he shall be enlarged on bail on his executI'ng a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the concerned Arresting Officer. ii) petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation by a police offlICer aS and When required, and he Shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat Or Promise tO any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to 4 I/ dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. iii) Petitioner shall appear before the station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every saturday between 10.00 AM and 01.00 PM till filing of charge sheet. 9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, Pending in thl-s Criminal Petition shall stand closed. sd,-N. -NAdAflriMA ASSISTANT R ;GISTRAR //TRUE COPY// Fol Bit C cT) SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House officer, Rajahmundry I Town p.s. poll-ce Station, East Godavari DistrI-Ct. 2. One cc to sRl. KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAOAdvocate [OPUC] 3. Two ccs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High court of Andhra pradesh. [OUT] 4. One spare copy ER ``` -I( ®~ + HIGH COURT SRK, J DATED: 29/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.498 of 2025 ALLOWED J9 E