( 2026:JHHC:3975 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 824 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 824 of 2026 1. Mantosh Bhuiya @ Mantosh Kumar, aged about 35 years, S/o Late Ghanshyam Bhuiya, R/o Bright Kusunda, Near Kali Mandir, P.O. & P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad 2. Santosh Bhuiya, aged about 37 years, S/o Late Ghanshyam Bhuiya, R/o 139, Near Kali Mandir, Bright Kusunda, P.O. & P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Pratiush Lala, Advocate For the State : Mr. Saket Kumar, A.P.P. ----- 02/13.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dhansar P.S. Case No.174/2025, registered for the offence under Sections 274, 275, 292 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the apprehended co-accused has stated that mahua liquor is kept in the courtyard of the petitioner. He further submits that the said house is not of the petitioner in light of seizure list and that is recovered from Bhuli village House No.31. He next submits that in paragraph 9 of the application, the statement is made that the house is not of the petitioner. He also submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 15 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that on the confessional statement of the apprehended co-accused, ( 2026:JHHC:3975 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 824 of 2026 the name of the petitioners has surfaced. 5. Considering that the said house is said to be not of the petitioners and that statement is made in paragraph 9 of this application and the name of the petitioners has come on the confessional statement and further the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 15 of this application and in that view of the matter, the petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. 6. Accordingly, this application is disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 13th February, 2026 Ajay/