[2026:JHHC:1009] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 150 of 2026 Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Paswan, aged about 37 years, Son of Yamuna Paswan, Resident of Village - Manki, Malwar, P.O. & P.S. Malwar, District - Rohtas, Bihar. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Ranjit Kumar Tiwari, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P. ------ 04/ 16.01.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bardiha P.S. Case No. 47 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 272, 274, 275 and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 3 of Prevention of Damage of Public Property Act, Section 183 of M.V. Act and Sections 47(a) and 48(a) of the Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Garhwa. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that it has been alleged that on a vehicle, the liquor was loaded. He next submits that the petitioner was not present at the spot and only due to driving license and Aadhar Card, which have been found in the said vehicle, the petitioner has been made implicated in the case. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-13 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that illegally the liquor was carried on the vehicle, which has met with an accident. [2026:JHHC:1009] -2- 5. Considering that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-13 of the petition and the vehicle in question has been registered in the name of one Mithun Paswan and he has been granted anticipatory bail by the learned Sessions Judge, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of her surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Garhwa, in connection with Bardiha P.S. Case No. 47 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-16.01.2026 Amitesh/-