( 2025:JHHC:25421 ) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.4792 of 2025 Manoj Bhagat aged about 26 Years S/O Ramdhani Ram, R/O Village - House No. 29, Shaila, Shylla, Jashpur P.O. & P.S.- Ghaghra, District- Jashpur (Chhattisgarh). …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Kirpa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State : None ------ 2/26.08.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jari P.S. Case No.12 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 303(2)/317(5)/3(5) of BNS, 2023 and under Sections 4/54 of Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concession Rule, 2004 and under Section 7/9 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining transportation and Storage) Rule, 2017, pending in the Court of learned SDJM, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of the tractor in question and the allegations are that 100 CFT sand are illegally been loaded on the tractor. It is further submitted that the petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para-8 of the petition. 4. Nobody appears on behalf of the State. 5. Considering that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and the petitioner is said to be the owner of the said vehicle, I am ( 2025:JHHC:25421 ) 2 inclined to grant anticipatory bail to 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 SDJM, Gumla, in connection with Jari P.S. Case No.12 of 2025, 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