APHC010026472025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3365]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY ,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DR V R K KRUPA SAGAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 513/2025 Between:

Thota Venkateswarlu, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. DAGGUBATI VENKATESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

This Criminal Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C., is filed seeking to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner herein/accused No.6 pertaining to Crime No.76 of 2024 of Special Enforcement Bureau Police Station, Ponnur, Guntur District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 34(a)(1) of A.P Excise (Amendment) Act

2020.

2. Heard Sri Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the Respondent-

State.

3. Heard both sides. Perused the record.

4. The FIR in this case was registered on 04.04.2024. After due investigation, investing officer cited 10 witnesses and arrested 6 accused and filed charge sheet