[ 2025:JHHC:33598] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6372 of 2025 Govind Mahto, aged about 41 Years son of Kesho Maho @ Kishor Mahto, resident of Village Petadiri, Post office & Police Station Mayurhand, District Chatra. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Manish Yadav, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 11.11.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mayurhand P.S. Case No. 33 of 2025, registered for the offences under Sections 303(2), 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 4/21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule-4/54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004, Rule 7/9/13 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegations are made that on the tractor sand has been loaded, however, the petitioner is neither driver nor owner of the tractor and he is nothing to do with the said sand and tractor and his name has come in the statement of villagers. He further submits that petitioner has no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para-13 of the petition. He next submits that in the similar circumstance, five other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in [ 2025:JHHC:33598] -2- A.B.A. No. 5667 of 2025 by this court. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of illegally carrying sand on the tractor. 5. Considering that petitioner is neither driver nor owner of the tractor and his name has come in the statement of villagers and he is having no criminal antecedent, which is disclosed in para-13 of the petition and further in the similar circumstance, five other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 5667 of 2025 by this court, I am inclined to provide the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today, and in the event of her surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chatra, in connection with Mayurhand P.S. Case No. 33 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-11.11.2025 Amitesh/-