( 2026:JHHC:14646 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2446 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2446 of 2026 Sujeet Kumar Jaiswal, aged about 34 years, son of Shekhar Prasad Jaiswal, resident of Village- Nimdih, Sonahatu, P.O. Sonahatu, P.S. Sonahatu, District- Ranchi, State- Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ranjan Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. ----- 02/13.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jariyagarh P.S. Case No.06 of 2026 dated 10.03.2026, registered for the offence under Section 317(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, Section 4/21 of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and Rules 7/9/13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017 and Rule 54 of JMMC Rules, 2004, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khunti. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be owner of one of the tractors. He further submits that the allegations are made of carrying 250 cft. sand. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 24 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that illegally the sand was being carried. 5. Considering that the petitioner is owner of one of the tractors and he has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 24 of this ( 2026:JHHC:14646 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2446 of 2026 application and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khunti in connection with Jariyagarh P.S. Case No.06 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 13th May, 2026 Ajay/