( 2026:JHHC:25884 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 4865 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4865 of 2026 Naresh Paswan, aged about 47 years, son of Shankar Paswan, resident of Near Kali Mandir, Duhatand, P.O. & P.S. Dhansar, District- Dhanbad … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Fahad Allam, A.P.P. ----- 02/28.08.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jharia P.S. Case No.158 of 2022, registered for the offence under Sections 379, 411, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not the owner of the Maruti car on which it is alleged of carrying four sacks of rice. He further submits that the said car was registered in the name of Pankaj Thakur. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 13 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner is said to be owner of the said car and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the dispute is regarding the ownership of the said car and it has been pointed out that the RC was not transferred in the name of the petitioner and in view of that the petitioner has returned the said car to the said Pankaj Thakur and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as ( 2026:JHHC:25884 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 4865 of 2026 disclosed in paragraph 13 of this petition and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad in connection with Jharia P.S. Case No.158 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 28th August, 2026 Ajay/