2026:JHHC:16277 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2716 of 2026 ---- Laldev Munda, aged about 44 years, son of Ramdev Munda, resident of Village Patkoi, PO Murupuri, PS Burmu, Dist. Ranchi, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Afaque Rashidi, Advocate Ms. Sushmit Kumari, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Someshwar Roy, Advocate ---- 2/08.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Ormanjhi PS Case No.32 of 2025, for offence registered under section 281 and 106 of BNS, 2023 and Section 30(ii) of Coal Mining Act, 1952, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of Sumo Victa vehicle and the said Sumo Victa vehicle has met with an accident and it is alleged that on said vehicle coal was also being carried. He next submits that the said vehicle was being driven by the driver and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.11 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be owner of the said vehicle wherefrom the 2026:JHHC:16277 2 coal in question has been recovered. 5. Considering that the said vehicle was being driven by the driver which has met with an accident and further in a passenger vehicle huge quantity of coal cannot be loaded and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ranchi, in connection with Ormanjhi PS Case No.32 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 08.06.2026 SI/