2026:JHHC:22345 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4138 of 2026 ------ Bablu Ansari, aged about 43 years, son of Idris Ansari, resident of Village Sakra, P.O. and P.S. Mandar, District Ranchi, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Ms. Saman Ahmad, Advocate For the State : Ms. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P. ------ 02/28.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Khelari P.S. Case No. 28 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 414/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(ii) of the Coal Bearing Areas Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation is made that the petitioner is the owner of the Auto on which four tones coal was being transported. She further submits that the petitioner is not the owner of the said Auto. She next submits that the allegations are made that the Auto was sold to the petitioner however, the petitioner not purchased the same and it has also come in the case diary that the ownership of the said Auto was not transferred in the name of this petitioner and not recorded in the registration book. She also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 14 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioner is said to be the owner of the said Auto on which the coal was being transported. 5. Considering that there is dispute with regard to ownership of the said Auto on which four tones coal was being carried and the ownership of the Auto has been denied by the learned counsel appearing for the 2026:JHHC:22345 petitioner, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within two 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ranchi, in connection with Khelari P.S. Case No. 28 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 28.07.2026 Anit Uploaded 30.07.2026