2025:JHHC:23922 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.4475 of 2025 Shyam Lal Mahto, aged about 37 years, S/o Late Baidhnath Mahto, R/o Village – Toklo, P.S. Toklo, Dist West Singhbhum, Jharkhand ….. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Vikash Anand, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl. P.P. ------ 5/18.08.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner and learned Spl. P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Tamar P.S. Case No.66 of 2024, for the alleged offences registered under Section 414 of IPC, Mine and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 54, Jharkhand Miner Minerals Concessions Rule 2004 and 7/9 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage Rule) 2017, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the driver of tractor and the allegation is that 100 CFT sand was loaded and further it is submitted that there is no criminal antecedent against the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of illegally carrying the sand. 5. Considering that the petitioner is the driver and he is not having any criminal antecedent, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to 2025:JHHC:23922 2 the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to 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 Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Tamar P.S. Case No.66 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) R.Kumar