APHC010013962026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY,THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos: 217 & 219/2026 Criminal Petition No.217 of 2026: Between: 1. MANTHRI GIRIDHAR REDDY, S/O. MANTHRI MAI REDDY,AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, R/O. 1-16,PATHA MULAKALACHERUVU, MULAKALACHERUVU,ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT.PRESENTLY RESIDING AT DOUALA CITY, CAMEROON COUNTRY. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,THROUGH PROHIBITION EXCISE INSPECTOR,MOLAKALACHERUVU, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESHAT AMARAVATI. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Criminal Petition No.219 of 2026: Between: DASARIPALLI JAYACHANDRA REDDY, S/O. DASARAPALLI NARAYANA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS R/O. 3-73, KADIRINATHINIKOTA,KADIRINATHUNIKOTA, CHITOOR, ANDHRA PRADESHPRESENTLY RESIDING AT DOUALA CITY, CAMEROON COUNTRY ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,THROUGH PROHIBITION EXCISE INSPECTOR,MOLAKALACHERUVU, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESHAT AMARAVATI. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. K SITA RAM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: The instant petitions under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) have been filed seeking to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioners / Accused Nos.17 and 18, in connection with Crime No.98 of 2025 on the file of Prohibition & Excise Police Station, Molakalacheruvu, Annamayya District, which is registered for the offences under Sections 34(a) and 34(2) of A.P.Excise act read with 7(B), 8(A), 8(B) and 8(C) of A.P.Prohibition Act, 1995. 2. Heard Sri K.Sitaram, learned counsel for the Petitioners and Sri K.Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for State/Respondent. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that the Petitioners have not committed any offence as alleged by the Prosecution. It is further submitted that the Petitioners were not in the station as on the date of the alleged offences and they left for Cameroon, Douala City. Learned counsel would further submit that, only based on the confessional statement of Accused No.2. It is further submitted that the Petitioners are ready to furnish sureties to the satisfaction of the Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed the petition, submitting that, apart from the confessional statement of Accused No.2, there is lot of evidence against the Petitioners, who got close acquaintance with Accused No.1. It is further submitted that the Petitioners have actively participated in the activity of managing the spurious liquor and were benefitted. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would further submit that, during the course of 3 investigation, the Investigating Officer collected CDRs and bank statements of the Petitioners which show their involvement in the alleged crime. Hence, prayed for dismissal of the petition. 5. In the present case, the allegations against the Petitioners are stated to be serious. The material collected during investigation, as pointed out by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, prima facie indicates the involvement of the Petitioners in the commission of the alleged offences. In such circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioners. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petitions are dismissed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:11.02.2026 Dinesh 4 THE HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos. 217 & 219 of 2026 DATE:11.02.2026 Dinesh