2025:JHHC:38016 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 7211 of 2025 ---- Buddhadev Panda @ Bapi Panda age about 47 years son of Shyamsundar Panda resident of Village Sankosai Road No.1 Dimna Road No.1 Near Durga Mandir PO Mango PS Olidih Mango Town Jamshedpur Dist. East Singhbhum, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. J.N.Upadhyay, Advocate For the State :- Mr. A.K. Tiwari, Advocate ---- 2/18.12.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 3444 of 2025 registered under sections 47(a), 47(b), 47(c), 47(d), 47(e), 52(d), 55 of Excise Act, pending in the Court of learned J.M., 1st Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the alleged foreign liquor was recovered from the house of the coaccused Krishna Soren and Uday Shankar Soren. He then submits that only on suspicion, the name of the petitioner has been inserted in the FIR. He next submits that coaccused person has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.6656 of 2025. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits that prima facie, it appears that the petitioner is associate of the persons from whose house, liquor in question has been recovered. 5. Considering the said liquor has not been recovered from the house of the petitioner and that has been recovered from the house of 2025:JHHC:38016 2 Krishan Soren and Uday Shankar Soren and only on suspicion, the name of the petitioner has come and coaccused person has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.6656 of 2025; I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned J.M., 1st Class, Jamshedpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 3444 of 2025 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and disposed of. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 18.12.2025 SI/