``\ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl + THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSANDAND TWENTY FIVE / :PRESENT: T;rfHONOURABLE SRHUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2287 OF 2025 / Betwee n : Relangi Venkatesh, s/o. srinu, Aged about 33 years, R/o. Kavalagoyyi Village, RaJ'amahendravaram Rural and MandaI East Godavari District. / . u PetI-tiOner/Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of ...Respondent Petition under sectl'on 482 of BNSS (Under Section 438 of Cr.P.C) Praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petitio'n, -the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest in crI-me No. 105 OF 2025 dated: 18.02.2025, on the file of the Proh. & Excise Statiorf Rajamahendravaram south, East GodavarI-DistrI'Ct. / The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing theJ arguments of SRI KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAO Advocate for the Petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the following / THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO|. 2287 of 2025 ORDER: The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik suraksha sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioner to grant anticipatory bail in connection with CrI'me No.105/2025 of Prohibition & Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavari District. , 2) A case has been registered against the pet-ltiOner for the Offence punishable u/Sec.7-B read with 8A of the A.P.Prohibition Act. 3) Case of the prosecution in br'lef is that on 18.02.2025 at about 07.30am, on receiving credible information, police raided the scene of offence at Kavalagoyyi Village of Rajamahendravaram Rural Mandal where they found plastic drums containing FJ Wash, which was fit for distillation of lD liquor. On enquiry, police came to know that the owner of the FJ wash drums is one Relangi Venkatesh i.e., petitioner herein. Thus, the case. 4) Heard. Perusedtherecord. 5) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a false case 'ls foisted against the petitioner herein and the petitioner is no way connected to the alleged crime. Further, the learned counsel for the h- t€-? `. -., tzj J/ petitioner submits that the petitioner neither involved in the alleged crime nor was present at the scene of offence. 6) On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed grant 9f antiCiPatOry bail On the ground that investigation iS Pending. 7) A perusal of the material on record shows that the petitioner was not apprehended at the scene of offence. Nothing has been seized from the possession of the petitioner herein. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to consider the prayer of petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail, however, on certain conditions. 8) Accordingly, in the event of arrest of petitioner with regard to this crime, he shall be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials and also on cond'ltion that the petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required and that he shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. Petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e. on every Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge-sheet. ii= <\ta) sD/- K. KASIRAO ACHARI ASSISTANT# lSTRAR 9) Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed, SECTION OFFICER /ITRUE COPY// +` ___ ~~r-fli51Tor To, 1. The Station House, !'-Officer, Prohibition & Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavari District + 2. One CC to SRl. KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAOAdvocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, Hl'gh Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 4. One spare copy PSR *J.;.I--.- HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED.. 27/03/2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2287 of 2025 ALLOWED