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2025 DAILYLAW 4948 (AP)

K. Pandurangan, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh

CRLP/834/2025 · 2025-02-11

K Sreenivasa Reddy

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lN THE HIGH COURT.,OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAB\4VAT[ TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBR TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIV :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REbB+`~ CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 834 OF 2025 Between : K. Pandurangan, s/o. chinnapayyan, Aged 35 years, Occ-R/o. D. No.1-198, Narasimhapuram village and Post, Palasamudram MandaI, Chittoor Dl-strI-Ct. ...Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep by I|tS Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, At Amaravatl-. ...Respondent Petition under section 482 of BNSS, 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 direct the station House Offl'cer, Palasamudram police stall-on, chI'ttOOr District to release the Petitioner/Accused on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with cr. No. 94/2024 of Palasamudram police Station, Chittoor DI'StriCt The Petition comI-ng On for hearing, upon perusing the petitI'On and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the`` arguments of SRI D PURNACHANDRA REDDY, Advocate for the petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the following THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENlcY7YA€:¢.A#EDDY 834 of !gdrL,, i CRIMINAL PETITION NO: ORDER: The Criminal Pet-ltion, under Sect'lon 482 of the Bharatiya Nagar'lk suraksha sanhita, 2023, is filed On behalf Of the Petitioner tO grant antic'lpatory ba" |ln connect|lon with crime No.94/2024 of Palasamudram pot-lee station, chittoor District. 2) A case has been registered against the Petitioner for the Offence punishable u/see.7-B read With 8B of the A.P.Prohibition Act. 3) Case of the Prosecution in brief -lS that On 13.ll.2024 at 05.00 am, police received credible 'InfOrmat-IOn about illegal possession and transportation of liquor at NarasimhaPuram Vlllage and Panchayat, palasamudram Mandal. Immediately, POliCe rushed tO the Spot. On seeing police, accused fled away from the spot. Thereafter, POliCe Seized 62 sachets ID liquor (6.2 liters), WOrth about 1860/-and Seized the Same under the cover of police proceed'lngs. 4) Heard. Perusedthe record. 5) Learned counsel for the Petitioner Submits that Police foisted a false case against the petitioner herein and the petitioner is no way connected to the alleged crime. I V / 6) on the other hand,-'learned Assistant public prosecutor opposed grant of anticl'patory bat-I On the ground that investigatI'On iS Pending. 7) A perusal of the material on record shows that the petI'tiOner was not apprehended at the scene of offence. Nothing has been seized from the possession of the petjtjoner hereI'n. ln vI'evi Of the same, this court l's inclined to consl-der the prayer of petitioner for grant of antl'cipatory bal'I, however, on certain conditions. 8) AccordI'ngly, in the event of arrest of petitioner with regard to this crime, he sha" be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum to the satI'SfaCtiOn Of the arrestl-ng police officials and also on condition that the petitioner shall make himself available for l'nvestI-gatiOn as and when required and that he shall not cause any threat, inducement Or PrOmI'Se tO`the prosecutI-On Witnesses. Petl'tI'Oner Shall appear before the station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e. on every sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., till fill'ng of the charge-sheet. 9) Accordingly. the criminal petitI'On iS allowed. SD/-U.SRI DEVl- Fo //TRUE COPY// ASSISTANT PEE TRAR FFICER enBZP4us± E I, To, 1. The Station House Officer, palasamudram Police Station, Chittoor DI'StriCt 2, One CC to SRI D PURNACHANDRA REDDY, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 4. One spare copy PSR Jr 5#STSfwq rfrr`EL. fu`g€ & •\ 1 EEB 1&\5 I - HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : ll /02/2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.834 of 2025 ALLOWED