2026:JHHC:16899 --1-- A.B.A. No. 3000 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3000 of 2026 ---- Mohan Saw @ Mohan Prasad Gupta, aged about 65 years, son of Late Baidyanath Saw, resident of Jagdishpur Road, Harharguttu Ner Nala, PO and PS – Bagbera, 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. Anurag Kashyap, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Abhay Kr. Tiwari, Advocate ---- 02/11.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.3414 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 47(a), 47(c), 52(d) and 55 of Excise Act pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been implicated in this case only on the confessional statement of Dhurva Kumar Gupta from whose house the articles of making liquor was found. He further submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the said articles and on the seizure list there is no independent witness. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer 2026:JHHC:16899 --2-- A.B.A. No. 3000 of 2026 and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and the recovery has been made from the house of Dhurva Kumar Gupta and on the seizure list there is no independent witness, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jamshedpur in connection with Complaint Case No.3414 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 11.06.2026 Sangam/