2026:JHHC:19053 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3486 of 2026 ---- Rajen Karmakar, aged about 26 years, son of Malin Karmakar, resident of H.No.151, Village Chhotabanki, PO and PS -MGM, Jamshedpur, District East Singhbhum, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Rishi Ranjan Vats, Advocate For the State :- Ms Mahua Palit, Advocate ---- 2/30.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mango PS Case No.268 of 2025, for offence registered under section 274, 275, 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and Section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement of the co-accused and the country-made liquor has been recovered from the possession of the co-accused person. He next submits that the owner of the car on which the said liquor was found has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.2228 of 2026. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that 2026:JHHC:19053 2 name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and the owner of the car on which said liquor was found has been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the 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 Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Jamshedpur, in connection with Mango PS Case No.268 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 30.06.2026 SI/