[2026:JHHC:18677] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3329 of 2026 1. Manohar Ganjhu @ Manohar Kumar, aged about 22 years, son of Shivbalak Ganjhu 2. Lalan Ganjhu @Lalan Kumar aged about 21 years, son of Tipu Ganjhu Both are residents of village – Pindrwadobh, P.O. and police – Pratappur, District - Chatra. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Achinto Sen, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 25.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Pratappur P.S. Case No. 74 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 274, 275 and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been implicated in this case only on the basis of suspicion and allegations are made that on secret information, the police has gone to the jungle and found 25 liters of mahua liquor and jawa mahua. He next submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- 17 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the basis of suspicion. [2026:JHHC:18677] -2- 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on the basis of suspicion and the recovery of jawa mahua and mahua liquor have only been made from the forest and further the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-17 of the petition and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 7. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Pratappur P.S. Case No. 74 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-25.06.2026 Amitesh/-