[2026:JHHC:24978] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4734 of 2026 Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjit Kumar aged about- 22 years S/O- Surendra Yadav, resident of Vill- Jhuman Bigha, P.O-Mali, P.S- Mali, Dist- Aurangabad (Bihar). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mrs. Shalini Shahdeo, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 19.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chhatarpur P.S. Case No. 93 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 303(2) and 317(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 4/21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and Rule 9 and 13 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Palamau at Daltonganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the driver of the trailer and allegations are there of carrying morrum on the said trailer. He next submits that the said trailer was seized, however, there is no independent witness. He further submits that the owner of the said trailer has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court in A.B.A. No. 4667 of 2026. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner. 4. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be the driver of the said trailer and in absence of any valid challan, the morrum was being carried. On this ground, he [2026:JHHC:24978] -2- submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. In the seizure list, there is no independent witness and the petitioner is said to be the owner of the aforesaid trailer and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition and the owner of the said trailer has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court in the aforementioned A.B.A. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Palamau at Daltonganj, in connection with Chhatarpur P.S. Case No. 93 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-19.08.2026 Amitesh/-