APHC010156162026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2387/2026 Between:

1. M AHANKALI NAVEEN, S/O RAYUDU, AGED ABOUT30 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, RAYUDU GENERAL STORESJANGAREDDYGUDEM TOWN AND MANDAL,ELURU DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH S.H.O.JANGAREDDIGUDEM PROH. AND EXCISE STATION,ELURU DISTRICT, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT, AMARAVATI.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. G VENKATESWARLU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2387 OF 2026 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.2 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime.No.9 of 2026 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Jangareddigudem, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 7(B) r/w 8(A) &