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2025:JHHC:24194
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 4576 of 2025
---- Rajeev Kumar Das aged about 40 years son of Rajendra Das resident of Village Kudahatu, PO and P.S Jhinpani, District Singhbhum(West)
.... Petitioner -- Versus --
The State of Jharkhand
.... Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
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For the Petitioner
:- Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate
For the State
:- Mr. N.K. Ganjhu, Advocate
---- 2/19.08.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jhinkpani P.S. Case No.11 of 2025, for offence registered under section 316(2)/318(4) BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has got no concern with company, namely, Easy Box Private Limited nor he has accepted any work for transportation and neither he is driver nor the owner of the trucks in question. He submits that the petitioner has been implicated alleging that he has knowledge of whereabouts of the stolen articles of the trucks which has been sold. He submits that agreement has been reached for transporting cement between the ACC Limited and Laxmi Narayan Inframin Pvt Ltd and the said company was providing trucks and further allegation is made that 97 trucks have been booked however three trucks have not reached to the destination and the cement has been sold in the market.
4. Learned State counsel opposes the prayer and submits that allegation of selling of cement of three trucks are there.
5. Considering that the petitioner has been only said to be having knowledge about sold articles and the agreement of transportation is not between the petitioner and the Laxmi Narayan Inframin Pvt Ltd, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa, in connection with Jhinkpani P.S. Case No.11 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) SI/