2026:JHHC:18283 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2082 of 2026 ------ Awadh Kishore Kumar @ Awadh Kishore Mahto, aged about 38 years, son of Jeet Lal Mahto, resident of Village Bhatin, P.O. and P.S. Hansdiha, District Dumka .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Jay Prakash Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agarwal, Special P.P. ------ 02/23.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hansdiha P.S. Case No.65 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 414/34 of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 47(a), 52 and 55 of the Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the liquor which was being carried on pick-up van. He further submits that the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said pick-up van and the driver has falsely taken the name of the petitioner saying that the consignment was of the petitioner. He also submits that the owner of the said pick-up van has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.2300 of 2024. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has been taken by the driver of the said pick-up van. 5. Considering that only the driver has taken the name of the petitioner and it has been pointed out that the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said pick-up van and the owner of the said pick- up van has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A., in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2026:JHHC:18283 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within two 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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dumka, in connection with Hansdiha P.S. Case No. 65 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 23.06.2026 Anit Uploaded 23.06.2026