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--1-- A.B.A. No. 6247 of 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 6247 of 2025
---- Kailash Yadav aged about 45 years son of Bhagirath Yadav @ Bahadur Yadav, resident of Village Kenduwatand, PO Madhupur, PS Margomunda, District Deoghar .... 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. Hemand Kr. Shikarwar, Advocate
For the State
:- Gautam Rakesh, Advocate
---- 2/04.11.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Patratu P.S. Case No.181 of 2022, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 406, 417, 420, 379, 411, 120B and 34 of Indian Penal Code pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ramgarh.
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Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the driver of the truck in question and the allegations are made that the consignment was not delivered at the designated place but it was sold in the open market. He submits that the owner of the vehicle and another person have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in ABA Nos.196 of 2023 and
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59 of 2023 as well as ABA No.4260 of 2025. He submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.8 of the petition.
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Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be the driver of the said vehicle.
5. Considering that the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in ABA Nos.196 of 2023 and 118 of 2023 as well as ABA No.4260 of 2025 and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.8 of the petition, I am inclined to provide 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 Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ramgarh in connection with Patratu P.S. Case No.181 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) SI/ 04.11.2025