[2026:JHHC:27811] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5178 of 2026 Mene Mirdha @ Maine Mirdha @ Menager Mirdha, aged about 64 years, Son of Pawan Mirdha, Resident of Village-Gandhrakpur, Paklupara, P.O. -Pratappur, P.S.-Shikaripara, District-Dumka, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Suman Kumar Ghosh, Advocate. : Mr. Aishwarya Prakash, Advocate. For the State : Mr. B. Shastri, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 15.09.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Shikaripara P.S. Case No. 43 of 2020, registered for the offence under Sections 188, 414 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come only on the basis of disclosure made by the villagers. He next submits that the petitioner was not indulged in illegal mining and transportation of coal. He further submits that the person, who was carrying the coal to the tune of 50 kgs. has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by the co-ordinate bench of this court in A.B.A. No. 3808 of 2023. 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 [2026:JHHC:27811] -2- petitioner is indulged in illegal mining and transportation of coal. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the co-accused who was carrying coal has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by the co- ordinate bench in the aforementioned A.B.A. and the allegation is not there against the petitioner of carrying coal and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dumka, in connection with Shikaripara P.S. Case No. 43 of 2020, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-15.09.2026 Amitesh/-