( 2026:JHHC:27532 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 5057 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5057 of 2026 Tijori Gope @ Tijori Gop, aged about 24 years, son of Rambit Gope, resident of Datri, P.O. & P.S. Lohardaga, District- Lohardaga (Jharkhand) … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Shailesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Tarun Kumar, A.P.P. ----- 02/09.09.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bashistanagar P.S. Case No.12 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 317(5), 274, 275, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be driver of the pick-up van. He further submits that the allegations are made of carrying foreign liquor on the said pick-up van. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. He also submits that in the seizure list, there is no independent witness. He then submits that the owner of the pick-up van has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No.1710 of 2026. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be driver of the said pick-up van. ( 2026:JHHC:27532 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 5057 of 2026 5. Considering that the petitioner is the driver of the pick-up van and he is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application and further owner of the said pick-up van has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. and it has been pointed out that the liquor has been booked by another person and 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra in connection with Bashistanagar P.S. Case No.12 of 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 September, 2026 Ajay/