[2026:JHHC:1009] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 121 of 2026 Arun Kumar Singh, aged about 45 years, son of Nirmal Kumar Singh, Resident of Flat No. 1/B, Nirmal Tower, Bir Kunwar Singh Nagar, Saraidhela, P.O.-I.S.M., P.S.-Saraidhela, District-Dhanbad. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Jazeb Eqbal, Advocate. For the State : Mr. P.K. Chatterjee, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 15.01.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Tetulmari P.S. Case No. 74 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 4/21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 9/13 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the petitioner happened to be the owner-cum-driver of the truck in question and allegations are made that 35 ton coal was loaded on the said truck. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-21 of the petition. He further submits that the said coal was the consignment, booked by another person. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the [2026:JHHC:1009] -2- prayer and submits that illegally the coal was loaded on the truck in question. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the owner-cum-driver of the truck in question and it has been pointed out that the said coal was the consignment, which was booked by another person and petitioner earns his livelihood by driving the said truck and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-21 of the petition, 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 her 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, Dhanbad, in connection with Tetulmari P.S. Case No. 74 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-15.01.2026 Amitesh/-