2026:JHHC:15817 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2832 of 2026 Santosh Oraon ... Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY For the Petitioner : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State : Ms. Nehala Sharmin, Spl.P.P. --- Order No. 02/ Dated: 29th May, 2026 1. Heard Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Spl.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No. 58 of 2025. 3. It has been alleged that two tractors were seized for illegally transporting sand. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is the owner of the two seized tractors. It has further been submitted that the petitioner has one criminal antecedent of similar nature. 5. Learned Spl.P.P. has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. Regard being had to the fact that the petitioner was not present at the place of occurrence and he being the owner of the tractors which were entrusted to the driver for their running, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gumla in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No. 58 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 8. This application stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Dated: 29th May, 2026 Pawan/Abhishek