( 2026:JHHC:27010 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 5062 of 2026 Deepak Kumar Yadav, aged about 27 years, son of Sudesh Yadav, resident of village-Bhandardih, P.O.-Udaigarh, P.S. Chattarpur, District-Palamau, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Ashutosh Ranjan Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Tarun Kumar, A.P.P. 02/ 09.09.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Narayanpur P.S. Case No. 132 of 2025, registered under sections 286, 292, 293, 274, 275, 338, 336(3), 340(2), 112 (b) of the BNS, 2023 and under sections 47(a) and 47(d) of the Jharkhand Excise Act, 1915, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamtara. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happens to be owner of DCM vehicle and allegations are made of carrying liquor. He next submits that petitioner has handed over the said vehicle to one Raj Yadav of Dhanbad who was utilizing the said vehicle and this fact has come in the F.I.R itself. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 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 allegations are made of changing the vehicle number and carrying liquor. 5. In the F.I.R it has been stated by the apprehended co-accused ( 2026:JHHC:27010 ) that one Raj Yadav was involved in carrying the said liquor. The petitioner is said to be owner of the said vehicle and it has been pointed out that the said vehicle was handed over to one Raj Yadav. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamtara, in connection with Narayanpur P.S. Case No. 132 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.09.09.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-