2025:JHHC:19636 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.3839 of 2025 ------ 1. Bichandra Ray, aged about 42 years, son of Late Gauri Ray. 2. Shankar Pandey, aged about 44 years, son of Nanhu Pandey. 3. Dharmendra Rai, aged about 49 years son of Ram Pravesh Rai. ,… … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party With A.B.A. No.3850 of 2025 ------ Prakash Hetamsaria, @ Prakash Kumar Hetamsaria, aged about 64 years, son of Late Shyam Sundar Hetamsaria, R/o Doranda Bypass Road, Opposite Hotel Yuvraj Place, PO & PS- Doranda, District- Ranchi- Jharkhand. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Amit Kuma Das, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, APP ----- 04/ 18.07.2025 Heard the parties. 2. These anticipatory bail applications under Sections 482 & 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, have been preferred by the petitioners apprehending their arrest for offences under Sections 317(5) of the B.N.S., 2023, Section 4/21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 54 of the Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concession Rules, 2004 and Rules, 9/13 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017. 3. The petitioners are the drivers and owners which were transporting building materials. It is alleged that the building materials were being transported admittedly through valid challans but the validity of the challans lapsed before it reached the destination. The difference of time is one and half hour only. 2025:JHHC:19636 2 4. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 5. Considering the aforesaid facts, I am inclined to allow these applications. 6. Accordingly, these Anticipatory Bail Applications stand allowed. The petitioners, above named, are directed to surrender before the learned court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and on the event of their surrender or arrest, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Ranchi in connection with Namkum(Kharsidag O.P.) P.S. Case No.126/2025, subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioners and he should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in his name or in the name of his ancestors in which they are having share and to that effect, they have to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his share in the property. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Sandeep. Cp-3