2026:JHHC:15818 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2833 of 2026 Umesh Ray ... Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY For the Petitioner : Ms.Trishna Sagar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bishwambhar Shastri, AP.P. --- Order No. 02/ Dated: 29th May, 2026 1. Heard Ms.Trishna Sagar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pirtand P.S. Case No. 08 of 2026. 3. It has been alleged that a tractor loaded with sand was seized and there was no transport challan for transportation of the sand. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is the driver of the tractor who was running the tractor on the direction of its owner. It has further been submitted that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 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 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Giridih in connection with Pirtand P.S. Case No. 08 of 2026, 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