--1-- Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:14554 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2467 of 2026 ---- Mahendra, aged about 33 yrs., S/o Jhinu Jibhiyavan, R/o Bagahi Basti, Lal Ganji, P.O. & P.S.- Lalgani, Dist. Basti, State- Uttar Pradesh, 2723.01. .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Rajesh Kumar, A.P.P. ---- 02/13.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No.198 of 2023, for offence registered under sections 406/420/34 of the I.P.C., pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be the owner of lorry truck and the allegations are made that 8 lorries loaded with coal were being transported at the destination and only 7 lorries of coal were unloaded at the destination and one lorry coal was not unloaded at the destination. He next submits that the petitioner is the owner of the said lorry and petitioner has nothing to do with the taking away the coal. He also submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para-18. 4. Learned for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the owner of the lorry truck --2-- and the allegations are there of not unloading the coal at the destination and petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No.198 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 13.05.2026 Jay/