( 2026:JHHC:26011 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 4893 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4893 of 2026 Mohit Mahto, aged about 25 years, son of Fuleshwar Mahto, resident of Village Delwa Toli Angara, P.O. & P.S. Angara, District- Ranchi, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Birendra Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Praful Jojo, A.P.P. ----- 02/29.08.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.49227/2026, registered for the offence under Section 47(a) of the Excise Act, pending in the Court of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the seized 2200 Kg of Jawa Mahuwa and 35 litres of Chulai. He further submits that even the place of the said seizure is not disclosed and false allegations are made that the said liquor was manufactured at the site of the petitioner. He next submits that in the seizure list itself, it has been stated that the liquor has not been recovered and Jawa Mahuwa has been destroyed. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on suspicion. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on suspicion and even in the seizure list, it has been stated that the liquor has not been recovered and Jawa Mahuwa has been destroyed and in the attending facts ( 2026:JHHC:26011 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 4893 of 2026 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi in connection with Complaint Case No.49227/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 29th August, 2026 Ajay/