[2025:JHHC:24518] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3908 of 2025 Vikash Bahadur Singh, Aged about 45 years S/o Ram Bahadur Singh, Resident of Village Amora, P.O. + P.S. -Amora, District- Gazipur. Uttar Pradesh. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Bipin Bihari, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 20.08.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chouparan P.S. Case No. 72 of 2025, registered for the alleged offence under Sections 303(2), 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 9/13 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017, Rule-54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004, Section 30(ii) of Coal Mines Act and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of the vehicle in question and allegations are made that 30 tons coal was loaded on the said vehicle. He submits that supplementary affidavit has been filed, wherein e-challan of coal in question has been annexed. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation is there of transportation of [2025:JHHC:24518] -2- illegal coal. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the owner of the vehicle in question and for the coal in question, the e-challan has been brought on record by way filing supplementary affidavit and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition, 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 three weeks from today and in the event of his 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, Hazaribagh, in connection with Chouparan P.S. Case No. 72 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Amitesh/-