THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Criminal Petition No.358 of 2011 25th January, 2011 Between :- A.Vinodh .. Petitioner And The State by the S.H.O., Proh. & Excise P.S., Chittoor Urban through Its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad .. Respondent THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Criminal Petition No.358 of 2011 ORDER:- The petitioner herein apprehends arrest in crime No.762/2009-10 of Prohibition & Excise P.S., Chittoor Urban, registered for the offence under Section 7-A read with 8 (a) of the A.P.Prohibition Act, 1995. The accusation made against the petitioner is that he is found in possession of ‘3’ gunny bags each containing 500 sachets of illicit liquor on 30-3-2010. Each sachet contains 180 ml. Heard learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not the person who ran away from the scene on the Excise Officials siting the contraband and therefore the petitioner deserves for grant of anticipatory bail. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State opposed the application on the ground that two of the Constables who got the earlier acquaintance with the petitioner identified him as the person who ran away on spotting the Excise Officials, and, therefore, he does not deserve for grant of anticipatory bail. As seen from the material placed on record, the petitioner is the person who left the contraband and ran away from the scene on siting the Excise Officials. The quantity seized at the scene is 1500 sachets of illicit liquor, each containing 180 ml. In the given facts and circumstances, I am of the view that the petitioner does not deserve for grant of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _________________________ B.Seshasayana Reddy, J 25th January, 2011 smr