2026:JHHC:15997 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A No. 2852 of 2026 1. Bijay Mohan Prasad 2. Kamal Ganjhu … … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ... Opposite Party ------- CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY ------- For the Petitioners : Mr. Nilesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Spl.P.P ------- 02/02.06.2026 Heard Mr. Nilesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Spl.P.P. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Bariatu P.S. Case No.23 of 2026. It has been alleged that in course of checking a Hywa vehicle was intercepted and on search of the vehicle illegal coal was found loaded without any document in support of transportation. Submission has been advanced by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioner no.1 is the owner of the Hywa vehicle bearing registration no.JH02BQ-6194 and the petitioner no.2 is the driver. It has been submitted that the vehicle was in custody of the driver and the petitioner no.1 was not aware that coal was illegally being transported in his vehicle. Learned Spl.P.P has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. Regard being had to the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the prayer for bail of the petitioner no.2 who was the driver of the seized vehicle is rejected. However, so far as the petitioner no.1 is concerned, on consideration of the plausible explanation submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners, he is directed to surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks and 2 on his surrender, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad in connection with Bariatu P.S. Case No.23 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. This application stands disposed of. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Shamim/- Uploaded on: 04/06/2026