2026:JHHC:27196 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.5102 of 2026 ---- Krishna Oraon aged about 35 years, S/o Birsa Oraon R/o Village – Purana Chatra, P.O.+P.S.-Tatisilway, District – Ranchi (Jharkhand). …. …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand …. …. Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ---- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. K.S. Nanda, Adv. Md. Zafar Alam, Adv. For the State : Mr. Naveen Kr. Ganjhu, A.P.P. ---- 02/Dated: 10th September, 2026 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.25388 of 2024 for the alleged offences registered under Section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that only on suspicion the petitioner has been made accused in the offence report. He next submits that even 2500 kg of Jawa Mahua and 35 litres of illegal country made liquor have been recovered from the forest area. 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 is named in the offence report and as such prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. From perusal of the offence report, it transpires that said liquor and Jawa Mahua have been recovered from the forest area of Chatra. The petitioner has denied that he had kept the same in the forest area. It has been pointed out that the petitioner was having one criminal antecedent of another nature, however, in that case he has been acquitted as disclosed in paragraph no.15 of the petition. 2026:JHHC:27196 Page | 2 A.B.A. No.5102 of 2026 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of this case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees 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.25388 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 10th September, 2026 Amar/- Uploaded on 15.09.2026