( 2026:JHHC:2689 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 529 of 2026 Karma Rajwar, aged about 49 years, son of Kartik Rajwar, resident of village- Musangu, P.O. Jonha and P.S. Angara, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand)-835103 ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Sankalp Goswami, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kr. Mishra, A.P.P. 02/ 03.02.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 35154/2025 registered under sections 4, 21 of Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, under Rule 54 Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concession Rule, 2004, Rule 9, 11 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017 pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is owner of tractor bearing Registration No. JH01FP7480 and allegation is made that 100 cft sand was loaded on the said tractor. He submits that petitioner has no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 11 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 the sand was being carried on the said tractor. 5. Considering that petitioner is owner of the tractor in question and he has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 11 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, ( 2026:JHHC:2689 ) 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Complaint Case No. 35154/2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.03.02.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-