[2025:JHHC:27175] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5084 of 2025 1. Sujit Kumar, aged about 24 years, son of Bachhu Prasad, resident of village- Andharbari, P.O. & P.S.- Rajouli, District-Nawada, State- Bihar. 2. Bhushan Yadav, aged about 25 years, son of Dayal Prasad, resident of village- Rashalpura, Tola Laxmipur, P.O. & P.S.-Nawada, District- Nawada, State- Bihar. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Randhir Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Someshwar Roy, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 08.09.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Koderma P.S. Case No. 127 of 2025, registered for the alleged offence under Sections 303(2) and 317(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Rule 13 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017 and Rule-54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioners are the drivers of two different trucks and it has been alleged that 500 CFT stone chips were loaded on each of the vehicle. He submits that the owners of the said vehicles have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 4969 of 2025 by this court. He further submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- [2025:JHHC:27175] -2- 15 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that illegally the stone chips were being carried on the said vehicles. 5. Considering that the owners of the said vehicles have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 4969 of 2025 by this court and further the petitioners are the drivers of respective vehicles and they are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners, named above, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma, in connection with Koderma P.S. Case No. 127 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Amitesh/-