2025:JHHC:15243 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3231 of 2025 Raja Babu @ Diwakar Kumar @ Sahdev Saw @ Sahdeo Saw, S/o Falali Mahto, R/o House No. 72, Village Kundouri, PO- Tupkadih, Baradi, P.S. Balidih, District Bokaro, PIN 827010 Jharkhand ….. Petitioner (s) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. OP(s). CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the petitioner(s) : Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate For the State : Ms. Bandana Sinha,APP ----- 02/12.06.2025: This is an application filed by the petitioner praying for grant of anticipatory bail in terms of sections 482 and 484 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, as the petitioner has been allegedly implicated in connection with C.P. (Excise) Case No. 264 of 2025, for the offences punishable under sections 47(a), (b), (c),(d),(e) and 55 of Jharkhand Excise Act, pending in the court of learned SDJM, Bokaro. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State. 3. The learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 4. The petitioner is transporting illegal liquor. 5. Though the petitioner is not named in the FIR and the material was not seized from the house of the petitioner but it is a fact that there are six criminal antecedents against the petitioner of similar nature. 6. Considering the criminal antecedents of the petitioner, the petitioner should appear before the learned court below and on his appearance the learned court below will consider the case of the petitioner on its own merits and also taking into consideration the criminal antecedents of the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the present anticipatory bail application is dismissed. (ANANDA SEN, J. ) KNR/