[2026:JHHC:25669] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4837 of 2026 Md. Ahsan @ Md. Ehsan, aged about-55 years Son of Md. Mahfuj, Resident of Village-Near Toll Plaza, P.O. & P.S. Kharik Bazar, District-Bhagalpur (Bihar). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Gautam Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. S.K. Srivastava, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 25.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pathargama P.S. Case No. 73 of 2024, registered for the offence under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned S.D.J.M., Godda. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that after investigation, chargesheet has already been submitted on 14.07.2026. He next submits that in the chargesheet, it has come that one Churaman Sao is the owner of the truck bearing registration number JH-02-AF-7188 and it has also come that the said truck was being driven by one Manoj Ganjhu. He further submits that the petitioner is the proprietor of Khan Transport and that allegation is not against this petitioner of misappropriating the consignment i.e. of paddy, valued to the tune of Rs. 5 lakhs. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 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 allegations are there against the petitioner of misappropriating the paddy. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be [2026:JHHC:25669] -2- rejected. 5. The chargesheet has been annexed as Annexure-2 and on perusal of the same, it transpires that one Churaman Sao is the owner of the truck bearing registration number JH-02-AF-7188 and the said truck was being driven by one Manoj Ganjhu and further the petitioner is the proprietor of Khan Transport and also the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- 15 of the petition 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 S.D.J.M., Godda, in connection with Pathargama P.S. Case No. 73 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-25.08.2026 Amitesh/-