APHC010022752026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 367/2026 Between: 1. NIMMAKAYALA AMARNADH, S/O N. SUNDARA RAO, AGED 39 YEARS.RESIDING AT D.NO.25-41, VERNAKOTIVARI STREET,RELLI STREETM PARVATHIPURAM MANDAL,MANYAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Through Parvathipuram Prohibition Excise Police Station, Parvathipuram ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner/Accused no. 3 in the event of his arrest in Crime No.236 of 2025, On the file of the Parvathipuram Prohibition & Excise Police Station, Parvathipuram Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. BONU RAMA SHANKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition has been filed, by the Petitioner/A.3 under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023, to release him in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No.236 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Police Station, Parvathipuram, registered for the offence punishable under Section 7(B) read with 8(B) of Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Amendment Act, 2020. Brief facts of the case are that on the date of offence i.e., on 20.11.2025 at about 10.30 hours, as per the instructions of DPEO, Parvathipuram Manyam, the ESI, ESTF, PVP along with his staff conducted raids at Indira colony limits of Parvathipurakm Municipality, and found one male person with plastic cans. On seeing them, he tried to escape from the place scene. Further, the police staff caught hold of him. On enquiry, he revealed about his whereabouts and that he(A.1) purchased the ID Liquior from A.2 and selling the same on higher price for his livelihood. Police Personnel drawn samples, arrested the accused under the cover of occurrence report. Basing on the occurrence report, the present crime is registered against A.1 and A.2. The Petitioner herein is the Accused No.2 in the above crime. Heard Sri B.Rama Shankara Rao, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Ms.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent State. Perused the material on record. Learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that Petitioner herein is shown as A.2 in the above crime and that he is falsely implicated in the present 3 case and he is innocent of the offence. Learned counsel would further submit that ID liquor is not found in the possession of the Petitioner/A.2 and ID liquor was recovered from the possession of A.1 and that the provisions under the A.P.Prohibition Amendment Act, 2020 are not applicable to the case of the Petitioner/A.2. Learned counsel would further submit that based on the confessional statement of other accused, the petitioner/A.2 is falsely implicated in the present crime. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on instructions, would submit that investigation is not yet completed and that the petitioner herein is arrayed as A.2. Further, the offence registered against the Petitioner/A.2 is under the provisions of A.P.Prohibition Amendment Act, 2020 which is grievous in nature. Further, FSL report is awaited. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. Considering the submissions made and as rightly put by learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, the subject crime is still under investigation, and it is not a fit case to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed. Pending applications, if any, shall stands closed. DR.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Mjl/* 28.01.2026 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Criminal Petition No. 367 of 2026 28.01.2026 Mjl /*