[ 2026:JHHC:17907] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2352 of 2026 1. Piyush Kumar Pandey, Son of Dilip Kumar Pandey, aged about- 27 years, 2. Ankit Pandey, Son of Tribhuwan Pandey, aged about- 19 years, 3. Ayush Kumar Pandey, Son of Dilip Kumar Pandey, aged about-25 years, 4. Mahesh Kumar Saw @ Mahesh kumar, Son of Nakul Saw, aged about- 23 years, All are resident of village-Chandwara, P.O., P.S.- Chandwara, District- Koderma. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Diwakar Jha, Advocate. For the State : Mr. S.K. Srivastava, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 19.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Chandwara P.S. Case No. 13 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 345 (3)/347 (1)/349/350 (1)/ 111 (2)/274/275/338/336 (3)/ 340 (2)/ 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 47 (a) of the Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case, by none other than the I.O. of the present case. He next submits that the petitioners are not having the poultry form and it has been alleged that in the said poultry form, illegally the liquor was prepared. He further submits that [ 2026:JHHC:17907] -2- the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-18 of the petition and their names have come only on the basis of confessional statement. He then submits that the I.O. of the present case Pawan Kumar Ram was taken into custody in a bribe case, in connection with Hazaribagh Vigilance Case No. 02 of 2026, however, in that case, he has already been granted regular bail by the co-ordinate bench of this court by order dated 04.06.2026 in B.A. No. 4863 of 2026. He also submits that the other co-accused person has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 2551 of 2026 by this court. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioners. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of preparing the illicit liquor. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the names of these petitioners have come on the basis of confessional statement and it has been pointed out that I.O. (Pawan Kumr Ram) of the present case was taken into custody in a bribe case, being Hazaribagh Vigilance P.S. Case No. 02 of 2026 and one of the co-accused has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.A. by this court and the further the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-18 and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and [ 2026:JHHC:17907] -3- in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Koderma, in connection with Chandwara P.S. Case No. 13 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-19.06.2026 Amitesh/-