APHC010048302026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 724/2026 Between: 1. MARGANI NAGESWARA RAO,, S / O VENKATA RAO AGED 39 YEARS, RIO. SRIKRISHNAPATNAM VILLAGE, RAJANAGARAM MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER, SHO, PROHIBITION AND EXCISE STATION, RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM SOUTH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF AP, AT AMARAVATHI. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. I BALA SUBRAHMANYAM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 724 of 2026 ORDER:- The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by the Petitioner/Accused No.2 for grant of anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.429 of 2025 of Prohibition & Excise Station, East Godavari District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 7-B read with 8-A and 8-B of the A.P. Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2020. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 04.12.2025 at about 06.00 AM, the Prohibition & Excise Sub-Inspector, along with his staff rushed to near Puntha in front of current office road leads to Srikrishnapatnam to Patna Thungapadu and found a person stirring with a stick in a plastic drum. On seeing the raid party, the person tried to escape from the place and the police party caught the accused and found 200 liters of FJ wash. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of special report. 3. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the Respondent-State. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that the petitioner herein was A2, basing on the confessional statement of A1, the name of the petitioner/A2 is figured in the present crime. Learned counsel for the Petitioner would further submit that the petitioner is ready to furnish sureties to 3 the satisfaction of the Court. Learned counsel finally prays to allow the petition. 5. Per contra, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the petition, stating that the investigation is at a nascent stage and that ten more cases are pending against the petitioner and he would further submit that the petitioner is engaged in manufacturing of ID Liquor. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor finally prays for dismissal of the petition. 6. Considering the submissions made and in view of the fact that the petitioner was involved in ten more crimes, this Court is not inclined to consider the request of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal petition is dismissed. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date:09.02.2026 KNN 4 400 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO:724 of 2026 09.02.2026 KNN