( 2026:JHHC:26628 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 5007 of 2026 Suresh Sah, aged about 39 years, son of Baldeo Sah, resident of village- Manjori, P.O. Maheshmunda, P.S. Bengabad, District-Giridih ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Kamdeo Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, A.P.P. 02/ 03.09.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Giridih (Mufassil) P.S. Case No. 64 of 2026, registered under sections 303(2), 317(2) of BNS, 2023 and section 30(ii) of Coal Mines Act, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegations are made that on three motorcycles total nine quintals of coal was being carried. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 11 of the petition. He next submits that the coal was being carried by the petitioner for personal use. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that illegally the coal was being carried on the said motorcycles. 5. Considering that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 11 of the petition and it has been pointed out that the coal was being carried by the petitioner for personal use. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within ( 2026:JHHC:26628 ) three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner 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, Giridih, in connection with Giridih (Mufassil) P.S. Case No. 64 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.03.09.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-