2026:JHHC:15099 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2658 of 2026 ------ 1. Balram Sahu, aged about 48 years, son of Late Baijnath Sahu, resident of Village Rampur, P.O. Tetebandrampur, P.S. Silli, District Ranchi, Jharkhand 2. Prakash Prasad Sahu @ Prakash Kumar Sahu, aged about 32 years, son of Ramlagan Prasad Sahu, resident of Village Rampur, P.O. Tetebandrampur, P.S. Silli, District Ranchi, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Amit Kumar Das, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agrawal, Special P.P. ------ 02/15.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Silli P.S. Case No. 25 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 274 and 275 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 47(a) of the Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioner no.1 is uncle of petitioner no.2. He next submits that the petitioner no.2 has faced a criminal proceeding under Section 498A of the IPC and was acquitted after nine years and for celebrating the said acquittal, a party was thrown where liquor was also utilized and the allegations are made that the liquor have been recovered from the house of these petitioners. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that huge quantity of liquor has been recovered. 5. Considering that after acquittal the party was thrown in which the liquor was also utilized, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Silli P.S. Case No. 25 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 16.05.2026