--1-- Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:14413 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2228 of 2026 ---- Pawan Kumar Sahu, aged about 30 years, S/o Gouri Shankar Sahu, R/o Holding No.523, Old Sitaramdera, P.O.- Agrico & P.S.- Sitaramdera, Jamshedpur, District- East Singhbhum (Jharkhand) .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Rishi Ranjan Vats, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Shashi Kumar Verma, A.P.P. ---- 02/12.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mango PS Case No.268 of 2025, for offence registered under sections 274, 275, 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement of the co- accused and the country made liquor has been recovered from the possession of co-accused. He next submits that the petitioner is the owner of the said car, where from the said car, Mahua liquor has been recovered. He next submits that the said car was taken to be used in a marriage. He next submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.20 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the petitioner is the owner of the said car. --2-- 5. Considering that the petitioner is the owner and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid. It has pointed out that the said car was used by a person for attending in a marriage, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur, in connection with Mango PS Case No.268 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 12.05.2026 Jay/