( 2026:JHHC:18262 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3257 of 2026 Pratik Kumar, son of Raj Kishore Lal, aged about 42 years, resident of 56, Chutikiya Bazzar, Patna City, P.O. Madhav Hills, P.S. Nagla, District-Patna, State-Bihar ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Navneet Sahay, Advocate For the State : Mr. Navin Kr. Singh, A.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 Madhupur Rail P.S. Case No. 45 of 2025, registered under section 47(a) of Excise Act along with section 78 of J.J. Act, pending in the Court of learned Railway Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Madhupur. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the alleged liquor which was being transported through rail and the apprehended juvenile-accused persons have stated that they were carrying the said liquor on the direction of Rahul Lyak to deliver at Patna Sahib Railway Station. He next submits that allegation is not against the petitioner and the name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement of Rahul Lyak. 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 the petitioner is said to be accomplice of the Rahul Lyak. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement of Rahul Lyak and apprehended juveniles have stated that they were carrying the said liquor on the direction of Rahul Lyak to ( 2026:JHHC:18262 ) deliver at Patna Sahib Railway Station and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am 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 Railway Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Madhupur, in connection with Madhupur Rail P.S. Case No. 45 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.23.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-