2026:JHHC:2400 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 494 of 2026 ---- Pramod Mishra, aged about 57 years son of late Sukhdev Mishra, resident of Village Foujdari, PO Salempur, PS Pirpainti, 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. Shiv Shankar Kumar, Advocate ---- 2/30.01.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner as well as for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Mirzachowki P.S. Case No. 18 of 2017 corresponding to G.R. No. 150 of 2017, registered for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 336, 337, 332, 333, 353, 307, 504, 506 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 54 of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, pending in the court of learned Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of the truck and allegations are made that stone chips were being carried on the said truck in absence of any valid challan. He submits that the other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. Nos. 3820 of 2020, 6299 of 2020, 2758 of 2022, 6785 of 2022, 90 of 2024, 744 of 2024 and 3254 of 2024 respectively. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent 2026:JHHC:2400 2 and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-12 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that illegally the stone chips were being carried. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the owner of the truck in question and several other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.As. and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-12 of the petition, I am inclined to provide the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today, and in the event of her surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj, in connection with Mirzachowki P.S. Case No. 18 of 2017 corresponding to G.R. No. 150 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 30.01.2026 SI/