( 2026:JHHC:1026 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 124 of 2026 1. Rajesh Mahto, aged 35 years, son of Tilak Mahto 2. Gopal Mahto, aged 28 years, son of Bhola Mahto, Both residents of Hesapiri Tetri, P.O. and P.S. Namkum, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Sushil Kr. Verma, Advocate Mr. Arvind Prakash Malakar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Saket Kumar, A.P.P. 02/ 15.01.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Namkum P.S. Case No. 398 of 2024, registered under sections 274/292 of BNS, 2023 and under section 47(A)(F) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that 20 liters of country-made liquor was recovered from the open place. He next submits that one Balchand Mahto was apprehended at the spot and he has taken the name of these petitioners. He also submits that petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 10 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that recovery of 20 liters country-made liquor is there. 5. Considering the name of the petitioners has come in the confessional statement of the apprehended co-accused and petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 10 of the petition, I am ( 2026:JHHC:1026 ) inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Namkum P.S. Case No. 398 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.15.01.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-