( 2026:JHHC:12122 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 1987 of 2026 Ravindra Upadhyay, aged about 55 years, son of Ramdhyan Upadhyay, resident of village-Lotania, P.O. and P.S. Hussainabad, District- Palamu ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :M/s Deepankar, Shray Mishra and Sushant Kumar, Advocates For the State : Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agrawal, Spl.P.P 02/ 24.04.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Husainabad P.S. Case No. 214/2025 registered under sections 317(5) of the BNS and under section 7 of Essential Commodities Act, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Palamu. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be owner of the tractor and allegations are that in the said tractor fertilizer was loaded which was parked in the house of another person. He next submits that the petitioner is nothing to do with the said fertilizer and the person in whose premises the tractor was parked, he has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.P. No. 1149/2025. He then submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 7 of the petition. 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 allegations are there of carrying fertilizer illegally. 5. Considering that petitioner happens to be owner of the tractor, the petitioner is not claiming the fertilizer loaded on the said tractor. The person in whose premises the tractor was parked, he has been granted ( 2026:JHHC:12122 ) anticipatory bail in A.B.P. No. 1149/2025. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 7 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and the learned court shall release the petitioner on terms and conditions and sureties as learned court deems fit and proper. 7. This anticipatory bail application is disposed of. Dt.24.04.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-