2026:JHHC:25765 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4849 of 2026 ------ Ranjit Mirdha @ Ranjeet Mirdha, age 35 years, son of Gaguli Mirdha, Resident of Village Chorkatta, P.O. Asansol, P.S. Muffsil Thana, Dumka, District Dumka, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Anish Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sardhu Mahto, A.P.P. ------ 02/27.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint (O.C.R.) Case No. 851 of 2025, registered for the offence under Section 47(a) of the Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation is made against the petitioner of seizure of 35 liters of illicit liquor and about 300 Kg of Jawa Mahua. He submits that in the seizure list, there is no independent witness, only the police officials have signed the seizure list. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 10 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of recovery of Jawa Mahua and liquor from the house of the petitioner. 5. Considering that in the seizure list, there is no independent witness and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 10 of the petition, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dumka, in connection with Complaint (O.C.R.) Case No. 851 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 27.08.2026 Anit Uploaded 29.08.2026