HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5395 of 2011 Dated 8.7.2011 Between: Sallulu Yadi Reddy. …Petitioner. And: The State of A.P. represented by its Public Prosecutor, through P.S.Hayathnagar, R.R.District. …Respondent. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5395 of 2011 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. The point is whether the petitioner can be granted anticipatory bail. 3. He is apprehending arrest in Crime No.321 of 2011 of Hayathnagar Police Station. The petitioner is stated to be the owner of the oil tanker bearing registration No. AP 16 TW 4323. The complaint is given by the proprietor of an Indian Oil Corporation outlet. 4. The allegations are that the inspection of the oil tanker in question by the Legal Metrology Department officials revealed that the said tank was tampered with in order to draw diesel from its main tanker to its small side tanker fitted in the tanker itself. Thus, the allegations relate to the pilferage of the diesel supplied by the Indian Oil Corporation to its dealer by the owner of the tanker who is the petitioner. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner says that the tampering of the oil tanker is not to his knowledge and he says that the driver can be responsible for it. 6. On the other hand, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor says that the said plea of the petitioner is highly improbable one as no oil tanker can be tampered with without the knowledge of the owner. The investigation in this case is still pending. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner then pointed out that the petitioner is a sickly man with heart ailment and that he is also blind in one of the eyes and that if he is arrested, much hardship would be caused to him and his family. The above health ground itself is not a ground for granting anticipatory bail. 8. In the above circumstances, I am of the opinion that this is not a fit case for granting anticipatory bail. 9. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed. _________________________ Justice N.RAVI SHANKAR Dated 8.7.2011. Dvs HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.5395 of 2011 Dated 8.7.2011