( 2026:JHHC:28267 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 5208 of 2026 Mahesh Yadav, aged about 33 years, son of Narayan Yadav, resident of village-Jarga, P.O. Gujhandi, P.S. Telaiya, District-Koderma ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Randhir Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Santosh Kr. Shukla, A.P.P. 02/ 18.09.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Teliaya P.S. Case No. 112 of 2024, for offence registered under section 270, 272, 273, 290, 34 of I.P.C and section 47(a) (f) of Excise Act, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that mahua liquor has been recovered from the forest area and petitioner has nothing to do with the said seizure. He next submits that the name of the petitioner has come only on the basis of suspicion. He further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition and co- accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the light of annexure -2 series. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the suspicion. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come only on the basis of suspicion, the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition and co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the light of annexure -2 series. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am ( 2026:JHHC:28267 ) 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma, in connection with Teliaya P.S. Case No. 112 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.18.09.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-