RANCHI, India, June 16 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on May 14:
1. Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dhanbad PS Case No.48 of 2026, for offence registered under section 121(1), 132, 115(2), 126(2), 351, 352, 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad.
3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of the Tempo in question and the said Tempo has been handed over to the driver. He next submits that the allegations are made that altercation took place while the driver was demanding the enhanced fare and that has occurred on 02.02.2026, however, the FIR has been lodged on 06.02.2026. He next submits that only because the petitioner is the owner of the said Tempo, he has been implicated in this case and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.13 of the petition.
4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be the owner of the Tempo in question.
5. Considering that the allegation is made of demanding the enhanced fare by the driver and the petitioner is said to be owner of the said Tempo and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, in connection with Dhanbad PS Case No.48 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
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