Bhanu Pratap Singh Vs the State of Jharkhand — Anticipatory Bail | Jharkhand HC (2026)

Bhanu Pratap Singh Vs the State of Jharkhand — Anticipatory Bail | Jharkhand HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Anticipatory bail allowed and application disposed of: petitioner to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from receipt of the order and, on surrender/arrest, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions, in connection with Saraidhela P.S. Case No. 110 of 2025.

Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with Saraidhela P.S. Case No.110 of 2025 (Sections 317(5)/3(5), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023). +1 more

Court's answer

Anticipatory bail granted: the petitioner has no criminal antecedent (Para 9 of the petition) and the coal was being carried for his personal use on the motorcycle.

Ratio / Principle

Petitioner directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks and, on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 conditions, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Jharkhand HC (Ranchi), ABA No.79 of 2026, decided 13.01.2026 (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.): Anticipatory bail allowed to Bhanu Pratap Singh, apprehending arrest in Saraidhela P.S. Case No.110 of 2025 registered under Sections 317(5)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, on the considerations that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent (Para 9 of the petition) and carried the coal on his motorcycle for personal use, notwithstanding the State's objection that the coal was being carried illegally; petitioner directed to surrender within three weeks and, on surrender/arrest, to be released on a bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; application allowed and disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

ABA No.79 of 2026

Bhanu Pratap Singh, Son of Late Bhuvan Singh, aged about 40 years, Resident of Dharampur, Tola Pahara Gora, P.O.-Bengagoria, P.S. Nirsa, District - Dhanbad, Jharkhand. …. Petitioner

Versus

The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI

-----For the Petitioner : Ms. Aulia Begam, Advocate For the State : Mr. Someshwar Ray, APP ------

2/13.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and

learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Saraidhela P.S. Case No.110 of 2025, registered under Sections 317(5)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad.

Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that for the purpose of own use, he was carrying the coal on the motorcycle and the allegations are made that 400 kg of coal was loaded on the said motorcycle. She also submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para No.9 of the petition.

Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that illegally the coal was being carried on the motorcycle.

Considering that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 9 of the petition and it has been pointed out that the coal was being carried for the personal use on the motorcycle by the petitioner, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to

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surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/(Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, in connection with Saraidhela P.S. Case No. 110 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and

disposed of.

(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.)

13.01.2026

R.Kumar

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