Dismissal of Bail Petitions in the AP Liquor Case
Vijayawada, Oct 2025 : The Office of Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra hereby confirms that the Hon’ble Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Vijayawada, has dismissed the regular bail petitions filed by seven accused in Crime No. 21 of 2024, of the ongoing investigation into large-scale liquor procurement irregularities in Andhra Pradesh. In a series of detailed and reasoned orders, the Hon’ble Court has uniformly upheld the prosecution’s submissions as advanced by Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra, affirming the principles governing successive bail, the gravity of economic offences, and the prosecution’s continuing statutory right to investigate under law. This office submits that the following established legal principles were correctly upheld: ● The Nexus of Economic Offences : The nature of the alleged offences, which involve large-scale financial fraud and alleged misuse of public office, places them squarely within the c...