Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:16944 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3034 of 2026 Sunil Kumar Sao @ Sunil Kumar, aged about 36 years, son of late Kishun Sao, resident of Pithoria Market Road, P.O. and P.S. Pithoria, District-Ranchi ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mrs. J. Mazumdar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vineet Kr. Vashistha, Spl.P.P. 02/ 12.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pithoria P.S. Case No. 30 of 2026, registered under section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that false allegation has been made that petitioner was carrying 14 domestic L.P.G gas cylinders in a tempo. She next submits that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the said tempo and in the seizure list signature of the petitioner is not there. She further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 15 of the petition. On these grounds, she submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of carrying 14 domestic L.P.G Gas Cylinders in a tempo. 5. It is not clear from the F.I.R that how this petitioner was involved in carrying 14 domestic L.P.G gas cylinders and it has been pointed out that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the said tempo. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 15 of the Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:16944 ) petition, 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M, Ranchi, in connection with Pithoria P.S. Case No. 30 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.12.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-