( 2025:JHHC:25574 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4857 of 2025 Badhan Sahu, aged about 52 years, son of Doman Sahu, resident of Village- Bandu, P.O. & P.S. Lawalong, District- Chatra … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Amit Kumar Choubey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ----- 02/27.08.2025 The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chatra Sadar P.S. Case No.184/2025, registered for the offence under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Section 21 of Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act, Rule 54 of the Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concession Rules and Rule 13 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner cum driver of the tractor and the allegations are made that 100 CFT sand was loaded on the vehicle. He further submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. 3. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits that 100 CFT sand was being illegally carried. 4. Considering that the petitioner is the owner cum driver of the tractor and he has got no criminal antecedent and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he will be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra in connection with Chatra Sadar P.S. Case No.184/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Ajay/