( 2026:JHHC:6014 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 1004 of 2026 1. Niranjan Prasad @ Niranjan Agarwal, aged about 49 years, son of late Mahalal Agarwal, resident of village Kanjkiro. P.O. Kanjkiro, P.S. Penk Narayanpur, District-Bokaro 2. Rewat Lal Mahto, aged 40 years, son of Vishwanath Mahto, resident of village-Shishu Tola, Pipra Bandh, P.O. Kanjkiro, P.S. Penk Narayanpur, District-Bokaro 3. Lal Mohan Turi, aged 45 years, son of Vigan Turi, resident of Turi Tola, P.O. Kanjkiro, P.S. Penk Narayanpur, District-Bokaro ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. 02/ 09.03.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Penk Narainpur P.S. Case No.52 of 2025 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 352, 132, 303(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 21 of Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004 and under Rule 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rule, 2017 pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that false allegation is made against the petitioners of obstructing the informant from taking away the tractor to the police station. He further submits that the petitioners have nothing to do with the said tractor and the petitioners are neither the owner nor the driver of the said tractor. He then submits that the petitioners have criminal antecedent of different nature and in identical situation two of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail ( 2026:JHHC:6014 ) in A.B.A. No. 616 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State submits that allegations are there of taking away the tractor from the police station. 5. Considering that petitioners are neither the owner nor the driver of the said tractor as submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners. The petitioners have one criminal antecedent of different nature and in identical situation two of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A and in that view of the matter the petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. Dt.09.03.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-