2025:JHHC:38116 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 7248 of 2025 ---- 1.Pramod Sahu aged about 25 years son of Nageshwar Sahu, r/o Village Atariya PO and PS Gumla District Gumla, Jharkhand 2.Binod Sahu aged about 24 years son of Nageshwar Sahu r/o Village Atariya PO and PS Gumla District Gumla, Jharkhand... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. K.S. Nanda, Advocate For the State :- Mr. P.K. Chatterjee, Advocate ---- 2/18.12.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Gumla P.S. Case No.339 of 2025, for offence registered under section 303(2), 317(2) BNS, 2023, section 4/54 of Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concessions Rules, 2004, Rules 7 and 9 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner no.1 is owner and petitioner no.2 is driver of the vehicle in question and allegation is made of loading 100 cft sand on the said vehicle and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 11. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that illegally the sand in question was being loaded on the vehicle in question. 5. Considering that petitioner no.1 is owner and petitioner no.2 is driver of the vehicle in question and allegation is made of loading 100 cft sand on the said vehicle and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 11, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla, in connection with Gumla P.S. Case No.339 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 18.12.2025 SI/