2026:JHHC:7202 --1-- A.B.A. No. 1087 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1087 of 2026 ---- Sarabjit Singh @ Sarabjeet Singh @ Situ @ Sittu Babu @ Sittu Sardar, aged about 53 years, son of Late Sewa Singh, resident of village – Kadru Diversion Road, PO – Kadru, PS – Chutia, District – Ranchi .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Ravi Prakash, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agrawal, Advocate ---- 02/17.03.2026 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 Chutia P.S. Case No.39 of 2022 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 420, 290, 273, 272 and 34 of Indian Penal Code and Sections 47(A) and 55 of Jharkhand Excise Amendment Act, 2015 pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of Scorpio vehicle bearing Registration No. JH-01-K-1713. He further submits that from the said vehicle foreign liquor have been recovered and the driver has taken the name of the petitioner and on that basis the petitioner has been named in the FIR. He then submits that the petitioner is a businessman having a factory of liquor in Tatisilwai, 2026:JHHC:7202 --2-- A.B.A. No. 1087 of 2026 Ranchi. He next submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and that has come in paragraph No.75 of the case diary. 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 driver has taken the name of the petitioner and on the basis of that the petitioner has been implicated in this case and the petitioner is said to be businessman and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and that has come in paragraph No.75 of the case diary and in that view of the matter the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks 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 17.03.2026 Sangam/