( 2025:JHHC:36019 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 6820 of 2025 Md. Atabuddin Ansari, aged about 35 years, son of Md. Muslim Ansari, resident of Govindadih, Kalyanpur, P.O. and P.S. Barwadda, District-Dhanbad ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Aniket Jaiswal, Advocate For the State : Mr. Fahad Allam, A.P.P. 02/ 02.12.2025: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sindri P.S. Case No. 54 of 2025, registered under sections 317(4), 317(5) and 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and under section 4/21 of MMDR Act and Rule 9/13 of JMPIMTS Rule pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the truck in question and allegations are made that 28 tonnes of coal was loaded on the said truck. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 17 of the petition. He then submits that driver has only stated that on the instruction of the petitioner coal was being transported. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that driver has taken the name of the petitioner. 5. Considering that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the truck in question and only allegation is made that driver has stated that on the instruction of the petitioner coal was being transported and further the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 17 of the ( 2025:JHHC:36019 ) petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner 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, Ist Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Sindri P.S. Case No. 54 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.02.12.2025 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-