( 2025:JHHC:23291 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4273 of 2025 1. Kamlesh Singh, aged about 34 years, son of late Ganesh Singh, resident of village Chatti Serka, P.O.and P.S. Bishunpur, District-Gumla (Jharkhand) 2. Parmeshwar Oraon, aged about 26 years, son of Bhinsaria Oraon, resident of village Kulangeri Patra Toli, Bargaon, P.O. and P.S. Sisai, District-Gumla (Jharkhand) ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. K.S. Nanda, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Kumari Rashmi, A.P.P. 05/ 12.08.2025: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Basia P.S. Case No. 40/2025, registered under sections 303(2), 317(2) of BNS, 2023 and under Rule 4/54 of Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concessions Rule, 2004 and Rule, 7/9 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage), Rule, 2017 pending in the Court of learned A.C.J.M, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no.1 is driver and petitioner no. 2 is owner of the vehicle in question and allegation is made that 750 cft sand was loaded on the said vehicle. He submits that petitioners have no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that illegally sand was being carried out. 5. Considering that petitioner no.1 is driver and petitioner no. 2 is owner of the vehicle in question and they have no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M, Gumla, in connection with Basia P.S. Case No. 40/2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-