APHC010432582026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY, THE 1st DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7156/2026 Between: 1. PALASA SATHI BABU ALIAS SPIDER MAN, S/O. GANGA RAJU, AGED. 34 YEARS, OCC LABOUR, R/O H. 3-169/1 C BLOCK RAJAHMUNDRY RURUAL MANDAL EAST GODAVARI ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., at Nelapadu, Amaravathi, Guntur District. Prohibition and exise Station Rajamahendravaram south, East Godavari district ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. BABUJI TENNETI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioner/Accused No.1 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.132 of 2026 of Prohibition & Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram South, East Godavari District, registered for the alleged offence punishable 2 under Sections 7-B read with 8-A of the A.P.Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2020. 2. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that, since the Petitioner has already been arrested, the Criminal Petition may become infructuous. 3. Recording the above submission, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Dated: 01.09.2026 PRA 3 231 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7156/2026 Date: 01.09.2026 PRA