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2026 DAILYLAW 18040 (JHR)

ALIMA BIBI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./3297/2026 · 2026-06-25

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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( 2026:JHHC:18648 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3297 of 2026 Alima Bibi, aged about 37 years, wife of Mojamel Hussain, resident of village Chanchki, Raghunandpur, P.O. Prithiwinagar, P.S. Pakur, District-Pakur (Jharkhand) ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Rajiva Sharma, Sr. Advocate For the State : Mrs. Shweta Singh, A.P.P. 02/ 25.06.2026: Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Jamtara P.S. Case No. 32 of 2026, registered under sections 303(2), 317(2), 318(4) of BNS and under section 4, 21, of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act (MMDR Act) and under Rule 9, 13 of Jharkhand Mineral (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rule, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamtara. 3. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be owner of the truck bearing registration no. WB-65- D-7384 and allegations are made that coal was being carried out on the said vehicle. He next submits that proper documents were there however the F.I.R has been lodged. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that in absence of proper document coal was being carried out. 5. From the contents of F.I.R, it transpires that e-Way Bill and Tax Invoice are part of F.I.R however that are in dispute which is subject matter ( 2026:JHHC:18648 ) of investigation and trial. The petitioner is owner of the truck having no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the 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 her 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamtara, in connection with Jamtara P.S. Case No. 32 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.25.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-