4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR 1 THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MA TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA RE CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 21910F2025 ; Between : ¥rey?=¥`.TTag. Buddiga Srinu @ Bambu, Buddiga Srinu @ Bambu, S/o Apparao, Hindu, aged 49 years, R/o D No 3-45/1, Punyakshetram village, Rajanagaram MandaI East Godavari District ...Petitioner/ Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by l'ts Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravathl-. ...Respondentl ComplaI-nant Petition under Section 482 of BNSS is filed praying that in the circumstances stated l'n the memorandum of grounds filed I-n support of the Criml'naI Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the prohI-bill-On and Excise StatI'On Officer, Rajamaha#haendravaram south, East Godavari District, to release the petitioner/Accused in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No 32 of 2025, of Prohibition and Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavarl-Distrl'ct. The petI'tiOn coming On for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed jn support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI PADALA JAYA RAMA KRISHNA Advocate for the PetI'tiOner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, and the court made the following ORDER: .~ THE HON'BLE SRI JuSTICE K| SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2191 of 2025 HiLEIT+ This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/ accused, seeking anticipatory bail, in Crime No.32 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram-South, East Godavari district. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein for the offence punishable under Section 7-B read with 8-B and 8-A of the A.P. Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2020. 3, Case of the prosecution is that on 12.01.2025, at about 04.30 PM, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Prohibition and Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram-South, along with her staff, proceeded to backside of Cement Bricks Factory, left side the way leading to Puntyakshatram to G. Yerrampalem in Punyakshatram village of Rajanagaram Mandal and found one person stirring with a stick in a plastic drum. On seeing the raid party, the said person ran away from the spot. The police verified the scene and found 400 litres of FJ Wash in 2 plastic drums, which was fit for distillation of ID liquor, and 70 litres of ID liquor in 2 black plastic cans. The police identified the person ran away as accused. After collecting samples, the police seized the remaining ID liquor and destroyed the drums with remain'lng FJ Wash under cover of a special report and registered a case against the accused. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that no contraband is seized from the possess-Ion of the accused, and based + I '+ 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner herein On the following conditions. i) In the event of arrest of the petitioner in the aforesal'd crime, he shall be enlarged on bail on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two suretI'eS Of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the concerned Arresting Officer. ii) Petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and he shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required, 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 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 sunday between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM, till filing of the charge sheet. 7. The Criminal Petition is, accordingly, allowed, As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, Pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. //TRUE COPY// For ASSISTANT REGISTF=Ar`_ & Tol 1. The Prohibition and Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram south, East Godavari District. 2. One CC to SRI. PADALAJAYA RAMA KRISHNA, Advocate [OPUC] 4 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 4. One spare copy kn # + T| -\ df HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 27/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2191 of 2025 ALLOWED .+