[ 2026:JHHC:16630 ] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2985 of 2026 Md Faraj Khan aged about 28 years, S/o- Md. Mister R/O Milik Pokher Kanna, P.O.& P.S- Manihari, District- Katihar, (Bihar). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Md. Yasir Arafat, Advocate. For the State : Mr. B. Shastri, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 10.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mirzachouki P.S. Case No. 11 of 2023, registered for the offence under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned SDJM, Sahibganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the owner of a truck bearing registration number JH-18-M-9181. He next submits that allegations are made that from the police custody, the driver of the said truck has forcefully taken away the said truck. He then submits that in the FIR, it has been stated that 15 trucks were seized and the other owners of several trucks have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. Nos. 5620 of 2023 and 3521 of 2024 by the co-ordinate benches of this court. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-07 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the [ 2026:JHHC:16630 ] -2- prayer and submits that the allegations are there of forcibly taken away the truck from the police custody by the driver of the truck in question. 5. Considering that in the identical situation, the other owners of several trucks have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.As. and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-07 of the petition, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned SDJM, Sahibganj, in connection with Mirzachouki P.S. Case No. 11 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-10.06.2026 Amitesh/-