2025:JHHC:37256 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.7041 of 2025 1. Amod Kumar Singh @ Amod Kr. Singh, aged about 39 years, son of Parasnath Singh, resident of Q. No.A/1/10, Rakha Copper Colony, P.O. and P.S. Jadugora, District East Singhbhum (Jharkhand) 2. Pankaj Kumar Sinha @ Pankaj Sinha, aged about 49 years, son of Mithilesh Kumar Sinha, resident of H. No.969, Dindli Basti, Adityapur, P.O. and P.S. Adityapur, District Seraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand) …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Sahil, Advocate For the State : Mr. Naveen Kr. Ganjhu, A.P.P. ------ 2/11.12.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioners and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Gurabandha P.S. Case No.26 of 2025, registered under Sections 303(2), 317 (5) of B.N.S., Section 21 of M.M.D.R., 1957, Rule 54 of J.M.M.C.R., 2004 and 13 Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rule, 2017, pending in the court of learned S.D.J.M., Ghatshila. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the owners of two different Hywas and the allegations are made that 500-600 cft. sand was illegally loaded on the said Hywas. He also submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 12 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that illegally the sand was loaded in the different Hywas. 5. Considering that the petitioners are the owners of two different 2025:JHHC:37256 2 Hywas and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 12 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners above named are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of their surrender / arrest, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Ghatshila, in connection with Gurabandha P.S. Case No.26 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 11.12.2025 R.Kumar