1 APHC010679412025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13074/2025 Between: Yarlagadda Raju ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. K.V.S.S.PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 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 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.101 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Kothapeta Dr Ambedkar Konaseema District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Section 7-B read with 8-A and B of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Act, 1995 (for brevity ‘the APP Act’). 2 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. As seen from the record, the Prohibition and Excise officials of Kothapeta drafted a special report alleging that the petitioner was manufacturing 40 litres of I.D. liquor and 1,300 litres of F.J. wash. The petitioner was neither found at the spot nor arrested at the time of the alleged incident. The Excise officials, upon making inquiries with the neighbours, came to know that the petitioner was allegedly indulging in the said activity. However, no similar criminal adverse antecedents are reported against the petitioner. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, for statistical purposes and due to political influence, a false case has been foisted against the petitioner. The petitioner is a coolie and a permanent resident of Peravaram Village, Atreyapuram Mandal, Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema District. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, gravity and nature of the allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused, this Court is inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioner/Accused. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. In the event of arrest of the Petitioner/Accused, he shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a self-bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials. ii. The Petitioner/Accused shall make himself available for investigation as and when required. 3 iii. The Petitioner/Accused shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. iv. The Petitioner/Accused shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every Saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m., till filing of the charge sheet. v. The Petitioner/Accused shall not leave the State of Andhra Pradesh limits without the express permission from the Station House Officer concerned. vi. The Petitioner/Accused shall surrender his passports, if any, to the investigating officer. If he claims that he does not have passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date:29.12.2025 KMS 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 13074 of 2025 Date: 29.12.2025 KMS