[2026:JHHC:11091] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1738 of 2026 Umesh Kumar @ Umesh Yadav aged about 29 years son of Baleshwar Yadav, resident of village Jarga, P.O.- Gujhandhi, P.S.- Telaiya, District- Koderma. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mrs. Pinki Kumari, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 17.04.2026 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. 350 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 272, 274, 275, 292 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 24 liters of mahua liquor has been recovered from the grocery shop of one Raju Prasad Verma. She next submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the basis of confessional statement. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner is having one criminal antecedent. 5. In reply, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that in the said case, the petitioner has already been granted anticipatory bail. 6. Considering the quantity of mohua liquor, which has been [2026:JHHC:11091] -2- recovered from the grocery shop of one Raju Prasad Verma and further in another case, the petitioner has already been granted anticipatory bail and the name of the petitioner has come on the basis of confessional statement, 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:-17.04.2026 Amitesh/-