( 2026:JHHC:3185 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 670 of 2026 1. Joy Dev Chatterjee, aged about 43 years, son of late Samir Kumar Chatterjee, resident of Round House, A.G. Office Road, Opp. Loreto Convent North Para, Doranda, P.O. and P.S. Doranda, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand 2.Raj Kumar Agarwal, aged 67 years, son of late Ramswaroop Agarwal, resident of D-302, Hariom Tower Residential Complex, Circular Road, Lalpur, P.O. and P.S. Lalpur, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand. ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Sunil Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. P.D. Agrawal, Spl. P.P 02/ 06.02.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No. 58 of 2024 registered under sections 318(3) BNS, section 4 (1) (A), 21 of MMRD Act, Section 5 (i), 9, 13 (i) of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017 pending in the Court of learned J.M., Ist Class, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are director of Tycoons Industries Private Limited, CCL Magath Sang Mitra and there are general and omnibus allegations of transportation of mixing coal with ash. He further submits that CCL had entered into an agreement with Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited for supply of coal. He next submits that in identical situation co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 7909 of 2024 and A.B.A. No. 6260 of 2025. He submits that petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 29 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits ( 2026:JHHC:3185 ) that allegations are there of transportation of mixed coal with ash. 5. Considering that petitioners are director of Tycoons Industries Private Limited, CCL Magath Sang Mitra, in identical situation co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.As and petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 29 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned J.M., Ist Class, Latehar, in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No. 58 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.06.02.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-