[2026:JHHC:9612] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1391 of 2026 Kameshwar Yadav aged about 60 years, son of Late Churo Yadav, resident at Shanti Nagar, P.O.- Jhumri Telaiya, 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 : Mrs. Kumari Rashmi, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 06.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Telaiya P.S. Case No. 34 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 272, 274, 275, 292, 318(4) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 47(a)(f) of Jharkhand Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the allegations are made that 220 liters of mahua liquor has been recovered from the house of the petitioner. He next submits that the house, from which, the seizure has been made was in dilapidated condition and petitioner is not residing there, rather he is residing in newly built house. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- 14 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be the owner of the said house. [2026:JHHC:9612] -2- 5. Annexure-2 of the petition is the certificate issued by the Jhumri Telaiya Nagar Parishad, wherein it has been disclosed that since 2012, the petitioner is not residing in the said house and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-14 of the petition, in that view of the matter, the petitioner, named above, 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 or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-06.04.2026 Amitesh/-