2025:JHHC:27127 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5112 of 2025 ---- Shankar Shambhu Chouhan aged about 39 years son of Ramnath Chouhan resident of Village Mugma, Balchari, PO and PS Nirsa, District Dhanbad .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Mukesh Bihari Lal, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, Advocate ---- 2/08.09.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Nirsa PS Case No.181 of 2025, for offence registered under section 317(5), 3(5) of BNS, section 21 of Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, section 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Transportation and Storage) Act, 2017, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner is driver of tractor and has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 9 and 12 of the petition and one coaccused has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.4217 of 2025. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that illegally coal was being carried. 5. Considering that petitioner is driver of the tractor in question and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and coaccused has been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Nirsa PS Case No.181 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/