( 2025:JHHC:34601 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 6529 of 2025 Roshan Khan, aged about 25 years, son of Seraaz Khan, resident of village Olmunda, P.O. Olmunda, P.S. -Sisai, District-Gumla (Jharkhand) ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. K.S. Nanda, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, A.P.P. 02/ 20.11.2025: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No. 20/2025 registered under sections 303(2)/317(5)/3(5) of BNS, 2023 and under sections 4/21 of Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, under Rule 4/54 Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concession Rule, 2004, under Rules 7/9 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017 pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is driver of the tractor in question and allegation is made that 100 cft sand was loaded on the said tractor. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 8 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that illegally sand was loaded on the said tractor. 5. Considering that petitioner is driver of the tractor in question and he has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 8 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, ( 2025:JHHC:34601 ) the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M, Gumla, in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No. 20/2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.20.11.2025 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-