( 2026:JHHC:1721 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 317 of 2025 Gautam Kumar Yadav @ Goutam Yadav @ Gautam, Aged about 21 years, son of Vijay Yadav, resident of Victory Colliery, Bera, P.O. Dhansar, P.S. Jharia, District-Dhanbad ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Ranjan Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, A.P.P. 02/ 22.01.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jharia P.S. Case No. 179 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 126 (2). 115 (2), 117 (2), 109 (1), 352, 351 (2), 303(2) and 3 (5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegations are made against the petitioner of stealing coal from the coal dump side of BCCL. He next submits that the allegations are made against four named and 15-20 unknown persons. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-23 of the petition and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 7306 of 2025. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation of assault is also there. 5. Considering that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-23 of the petition and it has been stated that the petitioner has not gone to the place, where the coal was ( 2026:JHHC:1721 ) kept and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, 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, Dhanbad, in connection with Jharia P.S. Case No. 179 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.22.01.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-