2025:JHHC:38523 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 7388 of 2025 ---- 1.Akash Poddar, aged about 26 years son of Kailash Poddar 2.Harsh Kumar Poddar aged about 36 years son of Raj Kumar Poddar Both are residents of New Colony Road Musabani Niwas Talkies, PO and PS Musabani, Jamshedpur District East Singhbhum .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Sourav Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Prabir Kr Chatterjee, Advocate ---- 2/22.12.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Gurabandha P.S. Case No.26 of 2025, for offence registered under section 303(2), 317(5) of BNS, 2023 and section 21 of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation ) Act, Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concessions Rules, 2004 and Rule 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017 pending in court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ghatshila. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners happened to be owners cum drivers of different Hywas and the allegations are made of loading sand on the said vehicles. He next submits that on the basis of valid challan, the said sand was loaded 2025:JHHC:38523 2 on the vehicles. He further submits that the coaccused persons in identical situation who were owners cum drivers of different Hywas have been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.7041 of 2025. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of illegally loading the said sand. 5. Looking to the Annexure-2 prima facie it appears that there are certain challans of sand and the petitioners happened to be owners cum drivers of the different vehicles and the coaccused persons have been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, both the 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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ghatshila, in connection with Gurabandha P.S. Case No.26 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 22.12.2025 SI/