( 2026:JHHC:13888 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2298 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2298 of 2026 Ashok Singh, aged about 70 years, son of Late Harihar Singh, resident of Marsaithy, P.O. & P.S. Begusarai, District- Begusarai, State- Bihar … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Agnivesh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Subodh Kumar Dubey, A.P.P. ----- 02/08.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mirzachowki P.S. Case No. 18 of 2017, registered for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 336, 337, 332, 333, 353, 307, 504, 506 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 54 of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of two trucks bearing registration nos.BR-33P-4374 and BR-33M-4374 and allegations are made that stone chips were being carried on the said trucks in absence of any valid challan. He submits that the other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. Nos. 3820 of 2020, 6299 of 2020, 2758 of 2022, 6785 of 2022, 90 of 2024, 744 of 2024, 3254 of 2024, 494 of 2026 and 1187 of 2026. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application. ( 2026:JHHC:13888 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2298 of 2026 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that illegally the stone chips were being carried. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the owner of two trucks in question and several other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.As. and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to provide the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj, in connection with Mirzachowki P.S. Case No. 18 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 8th May, 2026 Ajay/