2026:JHHC:18768 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3342 of 2026 ------ 1. Anand Gorai, aged about 65 years, S/o Late Ram Kisto Gorai, R/o Sabaldih, PO- Lalpur Futaha, PS- Moonidih, District- Dhanbad, Jharkhand. 2. Pawan Kumar Sinha, Aged about 52 years, S/o Ram Chandra Prasad Lala, R/o Lalpur Futaha, PS- Moonidih, District- Dhanbad, Jharkhand. 3. Sunil Kumar, aged about 61 years, S/o Late S. L. Prasad @ Late L. Paswan, R/o Jatudih, PO- Lalpur Futaha, PS- Moonidih, District- Dhanbad, Jharkhand. . .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ……. For the Petitioners : Mr. P. S. Dayal , Advocate For the State : Mr. Shailesh Kr. Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 02/25.06.2026. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Putki P. S. Case No.42 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 106 (1), 105, 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and now the case is pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioners happened to be the authorized representative of the D. O. Holders (Delivery Order Holders). 4. He next submits that four labourers died while loading slurry and the heap of slurry got collapsed on the body of the said four labourers. He further submits that the role of the petitioners was only providing transport and in the light of the S.O.P., the loading responsibility is there upon the coal company. 5. He next submits that when the labourers started agitating for the said incidence, the Coal Company has entered into an agreement with the family members of the deceased and they have agreed to pay compensation to the family members as well as to provide job to the dependents, as such, on these grounds, petitioners may be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 2026:JHHC:18768 2 6. Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioners have not supervised the loading work properly and in that view, prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 7. S.O.P. has been annexed with the instant petition where the procedure of delivery of coal is prescribed and in Para 7.6, it has been specifically noted that the loading will be the responsibility of the coal company and the supervisory power is also there to the D.O. holders. 8. It has been pointed out that the petitioners are representatives of the D.O. holders and they have only responsibility for providing vehicle. Further it has also been pointed out that pursuant to the agitation made by the labourers, the coal company has entered into a compromise with the family members of the deceased and agreed to pay compensation and to provide the employment to the dependents of the deceased. In the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to provide privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 9. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Putki P. S. Case No.42 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 25.06.2026. Sandeep/ Uploaded/