BHAGYA KONAI ALIAS BHAGA KONAI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
A.B.A./2249/2026 · 2026-05-06
Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
body2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 2249 of 2026
Bhagya Konai @ Bhaga Konai, aged about 36 years, Son of Ashok Konai, Resident of Goyalpara, P.O.- Goalmal, P.S.- Goalmal, District- Birbhum, West Bengal 731238.
..... … Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand
..... … Opposite Party
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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Anjani Kumar, Advocate. For the State
: Mr. Someshwar Roy, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 06.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pakur Town (Malpahari O.P.) P.S. Case No. 19 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 303(2), 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 30(ii) of Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, pending in the court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Pakur.
3.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that four motorcycles were recovered and two bags coal on each motorcycle were loaded. He next submits that the petitioner is also the owner of one of the motorcycles and the said coal was being carried for his own use. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- 13 of the petition.
4.
Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that illegally the coal was loaded on the said motorcycles.
5.
Considering that the petitioner is the owner of one of the
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motorcycles and it has been pointed out that the loaded coal was being carried for his own use and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-13 of the petition and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6.
Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of her arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Pakur, in connection with Pakur Town (Malpahari O.P.) P.S. Case No. 19 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-06.05.2026 Amitesh/-