( 2026:JHHC:17490 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3124 of 2026 Badal Kumar, son of Baleshwar Saw, aged about 22 years, resident of village- Purwi Chandwara, P.S. and P.O.-Chandwara, District-Koderma ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Diwakar Jha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kr. Srivastava, A.P.P. 02/ 17.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Domchanch P.S. Case No. 12 of 2026, registered under sections 274/275/3(5) of BNS, 2023 and section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be driver of pick-up van and apprehended co-accused who was driving the pick-up van in which liquor was loaded, has taken the name of the petitioner and apart from that there is no allegation against the petitioner. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 17 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement. 5. Considering that petitioner is driver of one of the pick-up van and it has been pointed out that dispute is with owner of the pick-up van. The name of the petitioner has come in confessional statement and he has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 17 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am ( 2026:JHHC:17490 ) inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma, in connection with Domchanch P.S. Case No. 12 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.17.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-