( 2026:JHHC:6040 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 986 of 2026 Nirmal Rajak, aged about 54 years, son of Rewat Lal Rajak, resident of village Kanjkiro, P.O. Kanjkiro, P.S. Penk Narainpur, District-Bokaro, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. N.K. Chatterjee, Advocate : Mr. Shiv Prasad, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. 02/ 09.03.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Penk Narainpur P.S. Case No.52 of 2025 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 352, 132, 303(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 21 of Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004 and under Rule 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rule, 2017 pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation is made against the petitioner of obstructing the informant from taking away the tractor to the police station. He further submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the said tractor and the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said tractor. He then submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.12 of the petition and in identical situation two of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 616 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State submits that allegations are there of taking away the tractor from the police station. ( 2026:JHHC:6040 ) 5. Considering that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said tractor as submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.12 of the petition and in identical situation two of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A and in that view of the matter the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. Dt.09.03.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-