( 2026:JHHC:25995 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 4882 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4882 of 2026 Ajay Kumar Yadav @ Purushottam Kumar @ Purusotam Kumar, aged about 30 years, son of Lilo Yadav, resident of Village- Newari Karama, P.O. & P.S. Dadpur, District- Hazaribagh, State- Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Ms. Anshu Kumari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 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 (Ex.) Case No.965 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 47(a) and 55 of Excise Act, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the pick-up van. She further submits that the petitioner is neither the owner nor driver of the said pick-up van, wherefrom liquor has been seized. She next submits that the name of the petitioner has come only on the confessional statement. On these grounds, she submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and the petitioner is neither the owner nor driver of the said pick- up van and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. ( 2026:JHHC:25995 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 4882 of 2026 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, Hazaribagh in connection with Complaint (Ex.) Case No.965 of 2024, 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/