( 2026:JHHC:13517 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2107 of 2026 Ashish Yadav, aged about 25 years, son of Giraj Yadav, resident of village- Chakrawar, P.O. Pitiz, P.S. Itkhori, District-Chatra, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Yogendra Yadav, Advocate For the State : Mr. Arup Kr. Dey, A.P.P. 02/ 06.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chaupraran P.S. Case No. 86 of 2025, registered under sections 274, 275, 292, 317(5), 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be owner of Bolero vehicle and allegations are made that 20 cartons of illegal liquor was recovered from the said vehicle. He further submits that said vehicle was handed over to the driver for taking patients however driver has loaded the said liquor. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that Bolero vehicle is not commercial vehicle and it has come that by changing number plate of the said vehicle liquor was being carried and in view of that anticipatory bail of the petitioner may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that Bolero vehicle is not commercial vehicle and it has been alleged that by changing number plate of the said vehicle liquor was being carried and petitioner is owner of the said vehicle, I am ( 2026:JHHC:13517 ) not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is hereby rejected. Dt.06.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-