+ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI J} THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARC TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: -, THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2421 OF 2025 Between: Dadi Lakshman+ Kumar Venkatesh, S/o. Satyanarayana, Aged about 36 years, R/o. Door No. 59-7-25, Telukula Street, Near Hanuman Temple, Malkapuram, Visakhapatnam. (Accused No.14) ...Petitioner/Accused No.14 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by the Public Prosecutor, Hl-gh Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 482 of BNSS (Under Section 438 of Cr.P.C) Praying that in the Circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds fileci in support of the criminal p-etiti-on, the High Court may be pleased to allow the Petition and COnSequently tO grant antiCiPatOry bail, directing the V. Madugula Police Station, Anakapalli District to release the Petitioner involved in Crime-: No.136 of 2023 of V. Madugula Police Station, Anakapalli District in the event of his arrest. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the7 memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI SARANU` PHANI TEJA, Advocate for the Petitioner, and of: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for`thefRe'spondent; APHCO10109632025 1 + lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2421/2025 Betwee n : Dadi Lakshman Kumar Venkatesh ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.SARANU PHANI TEJA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: 1. The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioner/accused No.14 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.136 of 2023 of V.Madugula Police Station, VIsakhapatanam. T==-==-i SI--i c=19 t' 2 I/ 2, A case has been registered against the Petitioner/accused No.14 and others for the offences punishable under Sections 34 (a) and 34 (e) of Andhra Pradesh Excise Act. 3- Case of the prosecution is thatAl to A3 purchased 1940-180 ml liquor bottles packed in 40 cardboard boxes (each box containing 48-180 ml bottles) in the third week Of June-2023 and again purchased 9600-180 ml liquor bottles Packed in 200 cardboard boxes and secreted in the cattle shed of accused No.4 requesting him to keep close watch on the liquor bottles by Offering him Rs.1,000/-every day. Thereafter, while they Were involved in Sale Of those liquor bottles, the s.I. of police, V.Madugula, On Credible information, raided the premises and arrested the accused Nos. 1 to 4 and seized 220 liquor bottles under the cover Of mediators report. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5, A perusal of the material available on record goes tO Show that basing on the confessional statement Of the accused Nos.1 to 4, accused Nos.5 to 9 are arrayed aS accused. Again, basing On the confessional statement of accused No.9, accused Nos.10 to 13 arrayed as accused. Thereafter, basing On the confessional statement of accused No.13, name Of the Petitioner has been arrayed accused No.14. Except confessional Statements, there iS no other material to implead the accused in the cr'lme. ln fact, \-+ e=--`9 . -.--.I 3 nothing has been seized from the possessl'on of the petI'tiOner J9 herein. 6. In view of the aforesal'd reason, this court is inclined to grant antjcipatory bail to the petitioner/accused No.14. 7. Accordingly, in the event of his arrest, petitioner/accused No.14 shall be released on bail on executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,OOO/-(Rupees ten thousand only), wI-th two SuretI'eS for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials and also on condI-lion that the Petitioner Shall make hI'mSelf avaI-lable for I'nVeStigatiOn aS and When required and that he shall not cause any threat, I'nduCement Or Promise tO the PrOSeCutI'On witnesses. The petitioner shall appear before the statl'on 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. 8. Accordl-ngly, the Criminal petition is allowed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending. shall stand closed. . oG z/ I /ITRUE COPY// For ASSISTirri-+ SD/- M.sRINlvAS |t`l.IJ -__ OFFICEF` JJAIt,~r_+,jife*Jij,I;±±ii.a,I::;a;;,:rf -i --,I l``-~~ __ +-i-ut6;1. The Station House Officer, V. Madugula Police Station, Anakapalll Distr'lCt 2. One CC to SRl. SARAivU PHANI TEJA Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 4, One spare COPY f/ g;grac,ng / / / r, HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED..27/03/2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2421 of 2025 ALLOWED -:;.-`:.`-::_-.: ..-.-.:`:: .:.::::.?`. . : .. . ¥. `# "¥. `ro`` . *