( 2026:JHHC:13142 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2037 of 2026 Shiv Nath Ram, age 52 years old, son of Gudari Ram, resident of village Banskola, Sakrigali Ghat, P.O. Sahibganj, P.S. Sahibganj Muffasil, District- Sahibganj ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Sabyasanchi, Advocate For the State : A.P.P. 02/ 04.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sahibganj(Muffasil) P.S. Case No. 95 of 2020, registered under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B and 414 of I.P.C, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is owner of truck and allegations are made of issuance of four forged challan for carrying stone chips and further allegation is made that one challan was used for the vehicle of the petitioner. He next submits that on the said vehicle nothing was loaded and the said vehicle was parked in the campus of the petitioner. He further submits that co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 2361/2023, A.B.A. No. 1680 of 2024, A.B.A. No. 1695 of 2024 and A.B.A. No. 7087 of 2025. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 10 of the petition. 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 allegations are made of issuance of four forged challan for carrying stone chips. ( 2026:JHHC:13142 ) 5. Considering that petitioner is owner of truck and allegations are made of issuance of four forged challan for carrying stone chips and that allegation is not against the petitioner. It has been pointed out that the said vehicle was parked in the campus of the petitioner. The co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.As and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 10 of the 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj, in connection with Sahibganj(Muffasil) P.S. Case No. 95 of 2020, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.04.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-