( 2026:JHHC:17251 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3070 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3070 of 2026 Aditya Nath Dubey, aged about 42 years, S/o Dhanjee Dubey, R/o Gram Dubauli, Panchayat- Salempur, P.O. Ammapali, P.S. Pirpainti, District- Bhagalpur (Bihar) … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Deepak Sahu, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. ----- 02/15.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No.26/2023, registered for the offence under Sections 379, 411 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 21(A), 21(6) OF Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and Rule 4, 54 of Jharkhand Mines Mineral Rules, 2004, pending in the Court of the learned A.C.J.M., Sahibganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be owner cum driver of the tractor. He further submits that the allegations are made of carrying 100 CFT stone chips. He next submits that the petitioner earns his livelihood by driving the said tractor. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 19 of this application. He then submits that other co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by Annexure-3 series. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of illegally carrying stone chips. ( 2026:JHHC:17251 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3070 of 2026 5. Annexure-3 series are the order-sheets by which anticipatory bail have been granted to co-accused persons. The petitioner is the owner cum driver of the tractor. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 19 of this application. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, 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 A.C.J.M., Sahibganj in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No.26/2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 15th June, 2026 Ajay/