( 2026:JHHC:6761 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1295 of 2026 Aman Verma @ Aman Kumar Verma, aged about 32 years, son of Dilip Verma, resident of Saw line, Daiguttu, Mango, Bara Banki, P.O. & P.S. Mango, District- East Singhbhum … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Devesh Ajmani, Advocate For the State : Mr. Subodh Kumar Dubey, A.P.P. ----- 02/13.03.2026 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 Case No.4942 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 47(a), 47(b), 47(c), 47(d), 47(e), 52(d) and 55 of the Excise Act, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement of the co-accused, who has been apprehended from the spot. He further submits that the allegations are made of recovery of 754.20 liters of foreign liquor and 100 liters of spirit from one of the house and that house is not of the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and the recovery is not made from the place of the petitioner as has been pointed out by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and in that view of the matter, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and conditions as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. 6. Accordingly, this application is disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 13th March, 2026 Ajay/