( 2026:JHHC:20316 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3672 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3672 of 2026 Deepak Kumar Bhagat @ Deepak Kumar, aged about 31 years, S/o Anil Kumar Bhagat, R/o Village- Chainpur, P.O. & P.S. Chainpur, District- Gumla (Jharkhand) … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State : Mr. Abhay Kumar Tiwari, A.P.P. ----- 02/09.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chainpur P.S. Case No.16/2026, registered for the offence under Sections 274, 292 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under Section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s marriage was solemnized on 20.04.2026. He also submits that the petitioner is a villager and for celebrating the marriage, the liquor in question was kept in the house. He further submits that there is no allegation of selling the same. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 15 of this application. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that recovery of foreign liquor is there from the house of the petitioner. 5. Annexure-2 is the document, which is the marriage card, which prima facie suggests that the marriage of the petitioner was solemnized on 20.04.2026. It has been pointed out that for celebrating the marriage, the ( 2026:JHHC:20316 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3672 of 2026 said liquor was kept in the house. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Gumla in connection with Chainpur P.S. Case No.16/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 9th July, 2026 Ajay/