2026:JHHC:18309 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3270 of 2026 ---- Abhay Singh @ Abhay Kumar Singh, aged about 25 years, son of Ragho Singh, resident of Village Tonatand, PO and PS Itkhori, District Chatra, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Arvind Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Abhay Kr Tiwari, Advocate ---- 2/23.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Itkhori PS Case No.40 of 2026, for offence registered under section 317(5), 274, 275, 292 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and section 47(a) of Jharkhand Excise Act, pending in court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the basis of confessional statement and the liquor and other articles have been recovered from the poultry farm of one Binod Dangi. He next submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.13 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement. 5. Considering that name of the petitioner has come on 2026:JHHC:18309 2 confessional statement and the liquor and other articles have been recovered from the poultry farm of one Binod Dangi and further the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Itkhori PS Case No.40 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 23.06.2026 SI/