APHC010004722025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327]

AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY ,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 131/2025 Between:

Gonaboina Narayana Murthy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. B PARAMESEWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER:

This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/Accused, seeking anticipatory bail, in connection with Crime No.580 of 2024 of Prohibition & Excise Station, Rajamahendravaram-South, East Godavari District.

2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein for the offence punishable under Section 7-B r/w 8-A of the A.P.

Prohibition (Amendment) Act 2020.

3. Brief facts of the case are that as per the instructions of Prohibition & Excise Superintendent, Rajamahendravaram, on 27.12.2024 at about 1.30 p.m., the Prohibition and Excise Sub Inspector along with his staff and mediator, proceeded