[2026:JHHC:8513] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1057 of 2026 Laldev Yadav aged about 39 years, S/O Late Ramdhani Yadav, Resident of village- Hindia Kala, P.O.- Narayanpur, P.S- Pratappur, District- Chatra. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Rishi Pallava, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 25.03.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No. 30 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 274 and 275 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that from the courtyard of the petitioner, 15 liters of country made liquor and 30 kgs. of jawa mahua were recovered. He next submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the recovered articles from the courtyard. He further submits that earlier the petitioner was made accused in another case, being Kunda P.S. Case No. 07 of 2015, however, he has faced the trial and he has been acquitted by the learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra by judgment dated 19.08.2025. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the said recovery has been made from the [2026:JHHC:8513] -2- courtyard of this petitioner. 5. Considering the quantity of the aforementioned recovery and further the petitioner has already been acquitted in one of the case as aforesaid, in that view of the matter, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-25.03.2026 Amitesh/-