2026:JHHC:18329 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3274 of 2026 ---- Binod Prasad Mehta aged about 46 years son of Mathura Prasad Mehta resident of 46 Fufundi, Near Bajrang Bali Mandir, Post Ratanpur PS Ichak, Dist. Hazaribag (Jharkhand) .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Awnish Ranjan Mishra, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Advocate ---- 2/23.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Katkamdag PS Case No.67 of 2022, for offence registered under section 414/34 of Indian Penal Code, Section 54 of Jharkhand Mines and Minerals Concession Rules and Section 30(ii) of the Coal Mines Act and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be owner of Tata Turbo Truck and the allegations are made of illegally loading four tons of coal on the said vehicle. He next submits that the petitioner was not driving the said vehicle and he has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.8 of the petition. 2026:JHHC:18329 2 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that illegally the coal was loaded on the said vehicle and in view of that anticipatory bail to the petitioner may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the owner and he was not driving the said vehicle and further 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, Hazaribagh, in connection with Katkamdag PS Case No.67 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 23.06.2026 SI/