2026:JHHC:12776 --1-- A.B.A. No. 2146 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2146 of 2026 ---- 1. Urendra Kumar @ Upendra Kumar, aged about 37 years, son of Nawal Ram, resident of Adarsh Nagar, PO – Sudna, PS – Daltonganj, District – Palamau 2. Ajay Prasad Gupta, aged about 35 years, son of Ramkeshwar Saw, resident of Ward No.11, Dhanhara Mode, PO – Japla, PS – Hussainabad, District – Palamau .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Shubham Mayank, Advocate :- Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agrawal, Advocate ---- 02/30.04.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Hussainabad P.S. Case No.223 of 2022, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 409, 420 and 272 of Indian Penal Code and Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Hussainabad, Sub-division, Palamau. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner No.1 is transporter and petitioner No.2 is the agent of transporter and the petitioners are not named in the FIR. He further submits that allegations are made in the FIR of finding of 55 bags of rice and two bags of wheat from a shop which was alleged to be of 2026:JHHC:12776 --2-- A.B.A. No. 2146 of 2026 the PDS scheme. He then submits that the name of the petitioner has surfaced in the course of investigation and the person namely Dribar Vijay Prasad, who is named in the FIR and rice and wheats have been recovered from his possession and he has been granted anticipatory bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No.7655 of 2023 and another person, who was the driver of the vehicle, has also been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.4797 of 2023. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail. 5. Considering that recovery has not been made from the possession of the petitioner and the petitioner No.1 is only said to be transporter and petitioner No.2 is the agent of transporter and recovery has been made from the shop of Rabindra Kumar Choudhary who has been granted anticipatory bail by the Co- ordinate Bench of this Court in the aforesaid ABA and driver has also been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid ABA, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned 2026:JHHC:12776 --3-- A.B.A. No. 2146 of 2026 S.D.J.M., Hussainabad, Sub-division, Palamau in connection with Hussainabad P.S. Case No.223 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 30.04.2026 Sangam/