( 2026:JHHC:16814 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3013 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3013 of 2026 Santosh Hembram, aged about 61 years, son of Late Charan Hembram, resident of Village Gidibera, P.O. & P.S. Kandra, District- Seraikela-Kharsawan … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Vikas Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, A.P.P. ----- 02/11.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kandra P.S. Case No.49 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 272, 274 and 275 of the IPC and Sections 47(a) and 55 of Excise Act, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Seraikella. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that three of the vehicles have been apprehended along with loaded foreign liquor. He next submits that the allegation is made that from the house of the petitioner, liquor has been recovered. By way of referring Annexure-2, which is a rent agreement, he submits that the said house was rented out to one Vinod Chauhan and if any illegality has been done, it has been done by his tenant and not by this petitioner. He further submits that the petitioner is aged about 61 years and he runs a snack shop. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 20 of this application. He then submits that in the FIR, it has been noted that the liquor loaded on the vehicle was of one Shankar Gorain. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner. ( 2026:JHHC:16814 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3013 of 2026 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that from the house of the petitioner, liquor has also been recovered. 5. Annexure-2 is the document, which clearly suggests that the said house was rented out to Vinod Chauhan and he was utilizing the said house. In the FIR itself, it has been noted that the loaded liquor on the vehicle was of Shankar Gorain. Further, the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 20 of this application. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Seraikella in connection with Kandra P.S. Case No.49 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 11th June, 2026 Ajay/