2026:JHHC:4490 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.883 of 2026 Prakash Mandal aged about 38 years son of Bahadur Mandal, resident of village Noniyad, P.O. Baracharpa, P.S. Margomunda, District Deoghar. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Pradyot Chatterjee, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Lily Sahay, APP ------ 2/17.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Saraidhela P.S. Case No. 160 of 2025, for the offence registered under sections 317(5), 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, at Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already sold the motorcycle in question 20 months back of the lodging of the FIR and the allegations are made that on the said motorcycle, seven sacks of coal was loaded. He also submits that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 11 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of carrying seven sacks of coal on the motorcycle. 5. Considering that the petitioner has stated that he has already sold the motorcycle in question 20 months prior of the lodging of the 2026:JHHC:4490 2 FIR and the allegations are made of loading of seven sacks of coal on the motorcycle and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedents as disclosed in Para 11 of the petition, in that view of the matter, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and condition and sureties, the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 17.02.2026 R.Kumar