APHC010253182026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4005/2026 Between:

1. K BHASKAR, S/O. K. KAILASAM, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS,R/O.

DOOR NO. 2-1/C1, MANGADU VILLAGE AND POSTNAGARI MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, ,REP BY ITS STATION HOUSE OFFJCER, PROHIBITION AND EXCISE POLICE STATION,NAGARI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI.

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

1. KANDERI CHETHAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4005 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.3, for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.6 of 2026, on the file of Prohibition and Excise Station, Nagiri, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sec