--1-- Neutral Citation No. (2026:JHHC:14666) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2477 of 2026 ---- 1. Tarikul Shekh @ Tarikul Sk, aged about 33 years, son of Mostak Ali, resident of ward no.02 panchayat Rahaspur, P.O.- Rahaspur, P.S.- Pakur, District- Pakur, Jharkhand 2. Md. Gokul Shekh @ Gokul Sk, aged about 37 years, son of Bhodu Sekh, resident of village- Dakshin Antardwipa, P.O.- Bhasaipaikar, P.S.- Samserganj, District- Murshidabad, West Bengal. 3. Iliyas Shekh @ Iliyas Sk, aged about 27 years, son of Kiyamat Sk, resident of village- Dakshin Chaksapur, P.O.- Dogachi, P.S.- Samserganj, District- Murshidabad, West Bengal .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Subhneet Jha, Advocate For the State :- Mr. P. K. Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. ---- 02/13.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Pakur (Town) P.S. Case No. 76 of 2026, for offence registered under sections 317 (2), 303 (2), 336 (3), 340 (2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, under sections 4, 21 of MMDR Act (Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957), under sections 4, 54 of JMMCR (Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004), and under sections 7, 9, 13 of JM(PIMTS) Act (Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Act, 2017), pending in court of learned C.J.M., Pakur. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that petitioners are the driver of three different hywa trucks and the allegations are made of --2-- loading stone chips. He next submits that petitioners are earning their livelihood by driving the said hywa. He further submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedents as disclosed in paragraph no.20 of the petition. He also submits that owners of the hywa have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No.2422 of 2026. On these grounds, he also submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that illegally stone chips were being carried out on the said hywa. 5. Considering that the petitioners are the drivers of three different hywa trucks and petitioners are earning their livelihood by driving the said hywa and petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Pakur, in connection with Pakur (Town) P.S. Case No. 76 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 13.05.2026 Jay/