( 2026:JHHC:20088 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3596 of 2026 Vipin Jha, aged about 31 years, son of Sanjay Kumar Jha, resident of village- Kaparpura, Dhamauli, P.O. and P.S. Ram Nath, District-Muzaffarpur, Bihar ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Md. Sajid Yunus, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, A.P.P. 02/ 08.07.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 408 of 2025, registered under sections 271, 272, 274, 275 of BNS and under section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of learned J.M. Ist Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner sold his pick-up van to Ajay Kumar on 12.08.2025 through sale agreement contained in Annexure-2 and the liquor has been seized from the said pick- up van on 30.08.2025. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 19 of the petition. 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 petitioner was owner of the pick-up van. 5. Annexure-2 is the document which prima facie suggests that the alleged pick-up van was sold to Ajay Kumar on 12.08.2025 and the liquor has been seized from the said pick-up van on 30.08.2025. Further the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 19 of the petition. ( 2026:JHHC:20088 ) 6. 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 J.M. Ist Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 408 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.08.07.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-