( 2026:JHHC:14873 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2619 of 2026 1. Visesar Yadav @ Viseswar Yadav, son of Banu Yadav, aged about 54 years, resident of Village Jabra, P.O. Jabra, P.S. Simariya, District-Chatra 2. Rahul Kumar, son of Rajendra Prasad aged about 25 years, resident of village Badka Balumath, P.O. Balumath, P.S. Balumath, District-Latehar ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Prashant Kr. Rahul, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. 02/ 14.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No. 40 of 2026, registered under sections 303(2), 317(5) of BNS and 21 of MMRD Act, 13 JM (PIMTS) Rules pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No. 1 is owner and petitioner no.2 is driver of the hywa vehicle and the said vehicle was parked in the premises of Magadh Pariyojna and allegations are made that on the said vehicle 25 tonnes of coal was loaded illegally. He submits that petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 17 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 in absence of proper document coal was being carried. 5. Considering that petitioner No. 1 is owner and petitioner no.2 is driver of the hywa vehicle and they have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 17 of the petition and it has been pointed out that the said vehicle was parked in the premises of Magadh Pariyojna, I am inclined to ( 2026:JHHC:14873 ) 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Latehar., in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No. 40 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.14.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-