2025:JHHC:14386 Page | 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2967 of 2025 ----- 1. Ranjit Prasad Mehta, aged about 44 years, son of Triveni Prasad Mehta, Resident of Village & P.O. Dumraon, P.S. Ichak, Dist.- Hazaribag. 2. Pintu Kumar Mehta aged about 29 years, son of Modi Mahto @ Moti Mehta, resident of Village & P.S. Sekha, P.S. Muffasil, Dist. Hazaribag. .......... Petitioners. -Versus- The State of Jharkhand . ........ Opp. Party. ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Shailendra Jit, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, APP. ----- 02/Dated: 03rd June, 2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioners have moved before this Court for grant of privilege of anticipatory bail from apprehending their arrest in connection with Katkamsandi (Pelawal) P.S. Case No.183 of 2020 instituted under Section 54 of J.M.M.C. Rules, 2004, section 21 of Mines & Minerals (Development & Transportation Act 1957) & Section 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of illegal Mining, Transportation & Storage) Rules, 2017. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case and have not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. As per the allegation the petitioners were involved in illegal storage of stone-chips. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioners are false as the petitioners were not present at the alleged place of occurrence. It is further submitted that the similarly situated co-accused persons, namely Ishwar Prasad Mehta @ Ishwari Mehta, Chetan Mehta @ Wetan Mehta @ Chhotu, Awadhesh Kumar Mehta @ Awadhesh Mehta and Shankar Mehta @ Shankar Prasad Mehta have already been granted anticipatory 2025:JHHC:14386 Page | 2 bail by the coordinate bench of this Court in A.B.A. No.3517 of 2021 vide order dated 26.07.2021. 4. Learned A.P.P. opposed the prayer for bail. 5. Having regard to the facts of the case, I am inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the petitioners are directed to surrender in the Court below within four weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they will be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand Only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag in connection with Katkamsandi (Pelawal) P.S. Case No.183 of 2020 with the condition that they will co-operate with the investigation of the case and appear before the investigating officer as and when noticed by him and furnish their mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card with an undertaking that they will not change their mobile number during the pendency of the case and subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. It is made clear that if the petitioners do not cooperate with the investigation/trial, the State would be at liberty to take appropriate action. (Deepak Roshan, J.) Sandeep/Rahul