2025:JHHC:34265 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6494 of 2025 ------- 1.Jitendra Kumar, son of Umesh Prasad Yadav, aged about 34 years, resident of Village Kataiya, PO, PS Satgawan and District Koderma 2.Srikant Kumar @ Shreekant Kumar, son of Ramawatar Prasad, aged about 48 years, resident of Village Khutta, Nawadih, PO and PS Satgawan and District- Koderma .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Diwakar Jha, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Advocate ---- 2/17.11.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Satgawan PS Case No.68 of 2025, for offence registered under section 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage), Rules 2004, Rule 54(5), of Jharkhand Mines and Minerals Concessions Rules, 2004, and Section 317 (4) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioner no.1 is driver and petitioner no.2 is owner of the tractor in question and allegations are made that 65 cft sand was being loaded on the said vehicle. He submits that the said sand was being carried for its own use and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.15. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that illegally the said sand was being carried on the said tractor. 5. Considering that the petitioner nos.1 and 2 are driver and owner respectively of the said vehicle and allegations are made of carrying 65 cft sand on the said vehicle and it has been pointed out that said sand was being carried for personal use and petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, 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 Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Koderma, in connection with Satgawan PS Case No.68 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 17.11.2025 SI/