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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
ABA No.5097 of 2025
1. Dinesh Prasad, aged about 48 years, son of Madam Saw, resident of Brindavan, Chouparan, Karma, P.O., P.S. District - Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)
2. Pramod Oraon, aged about 34 years, son of Chachu Oraon, resident of Dhadhu, Chitarpur, Bhaisadon, P.O., P.S. & District- Latehar (Jharkhand).
…. Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand
… Opp. Party
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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
------ For the Petitioner s : Mr. Rahul Kumar, Advocate For the State
: Mrs. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P. ------
3/08.09.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Rehla P.S. Case No.62 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 317(5) of BNS, 2023, Sections 4/21 of the Minor and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and Rule 9/13 of the JMPIMTS Rules, 2017, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau.
3.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the drivers of the vehicle and stone chips was carried out by way of genuine challan as enclosed in Annexure-5 of the petition. He submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedents as disclosed in para 17 of the petition.
4.
Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits illegally stone chips was carried out.
5. Annexure-5, by which the challan has been brought on record, clearly suggests that the stone chips was purchased and the said
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vehicle was used in the construction of NH-39 and the petitioners are drivers and have got no criminal antecedents, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
6. Accordingly, the petitioners above named are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of their surrender / arrest, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau, in connection with Rehla P.S. Case No.62 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 allowed and
disposed of.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) R.Kumar