2025:JHHC:30576 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4600 of 2025 ---- Raghu Sharma @ Mistry, son of late Basu Mistry, aged about 60 years r/o Village Dhariadih, PO +PS Giridih Muffasil, District Giridih .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Rahul Ranjan, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Achinto Sen, Advocate ---- 3/26.09.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bindapathar P.S. Case No.48 of 2024, for offence registered under section 467, 468, 471, 420, 120B of IPC and section 47(a), 52, 55 of Excise Act, pending in court of learned SDJM, Jamtara. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner is the owner of the vehicle and allegations are made that liquor was loaded on the vehicle however in the vehicle no liquor was found and it is not disclosed in the seizure list. He then submits that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement of the apprehended person and the house is not belonging to the petitioner. He next submits that two of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail ABA No.7491 of 2024 and ABA No.4803 of 2025. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there against the petitioner of dealing with the illegal liquor. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement of the apprehended accused person and from the house of the petitioner the said liquor has not been recovered and the owner of the seized vehicle has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid ABA and in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned SDJM, Jamtara, in connection with Bindapathar P.S. Case No.48 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 26th Sept., 2025 SI/