2026:JHHC:15407 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.2746 of 2026 ------ Mithilesh Kumar Upadhyay, son of Shiv Bihari Upadhyay, resident of A11 Ispat Pally, Durgapur M. Corp, Durgapur, P.O. + P.S.-B Zone, District Paschim Burdwan, West Bengal, 713212. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Onkar Nath Tiwary, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee @ Prabir Chatterjee, Spl. P.P. Mr. Bishwambhar Shastri, A.P.P. ------ 02/ 26.05.2026 Heard Mr. Onkar Nath Tiwary, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Spl. P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Narayanpur P.S. Case No.14 of 2026. 3. It has been alleged that a fourteen-wheeler Truck was intercepted by the Police and on verification it was found that coal was being transported without any valid document. 4. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is the owner of the seized vehicle bearing registration No.WB-57-C-8693. It has been submitted that the vehicle was entrusted to the driver and the petitioner had no knowledge that the coal was being transported without any valid document. Learned counsel adds that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent. 5. Learned Spl. P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer 2026:JHHC:15407 2 for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. Regard being had to the aforesaid facts; I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the petitioner above named, is directed to surrender in the Court below within four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M., Jamtara, in connection with Narayanpur P.S. Case No.14 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. 8. This Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) 26th May, 2026 Prashant. Cp-3 Uploaded on 27.05.2026