2026:JHHC:14851 --1-- A.B.A. No. 2535 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2535 of 2026 ---- 1. Amit Kumar, aged about 33 years, S/o Late Hari Prasad Singh, R/o village – 151-A, Pandit Muhalla, Palkot Road, Gumla, PO and PS – Gumla, District – Gumla, Jharkhand 2. Minhaj Ansari, aged about 25 years, S/o Sakur Ansari, R/o village – Karkari, PO and PS – Sisai, District – Gumla, Jharkhand .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Ms. Rashika Bhardwaj, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Subodh Kr. Dubey, Advocate ---- 02/14.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No.29 of 2026, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 303(2), 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 4/21 of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 4/54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004 and Rule 7/9 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rule, 2017 and pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner No.1 is the owner and petitioner No.2 is the driver of 2026:JHHC:14851 --2-- A.B.A. No. 2535 of 2026 the hywa truck and the allegations are made of carrying 1355 cft. sand in the said hywa truck. She further submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.13 of the petition. She then submits that petitioner No.2, who is driver, earns his livelihood by way of driving the said hywa truck. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that illegally sand was being carried. 5. Considering that petitioner No.1 is the owner and petitioner No.2 is the driver of the hywa truck and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.13 of the petition, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the 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 the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gumla in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No.29 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 14.05.2026 Sangam/