--1-- Neutral Citation No. (2026:JHHC:14445) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2403 of 2026 ---- Sunil Kumar Saw @ Sunil Kumar Sao, age about 42 years, son of Baleshwar Saw, resident of village- Chotka Daharbanga, P.O. + P.S.- Tatijhariya, Dist.- Hazaribag, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Santosh Kumar Soni, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, 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 Tatijharia PS Case No.11 of 2026, for offence registered under sections 274, 275, 292 of the B.N.S. and Section 47(a) of the Jharkhand Excise Act, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of the pick-up van and allegations are made of the recovery of foreign liquor in the said pick-up van. He next submits that the said pick-up van was being taken care of by the driver. He next submits that the petitioner is having two criminal antecedents of different nature. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that from the pick-up van, the foreign liquor has been recovered. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the owner of the said pick-up --2-- van and said pick-up van was being driven by the driver and the criminal antecedent cannot be a sole ground either rejecting or allowing the anticipatory bail, 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, Hazaribag, in connection with Tatijharia PS Case No.11 of 2026, 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/