( 2026:JHHC:3617 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 739 of 2026 1. Binod Oraon aged about 33 years, son of Sita Ram Oraon, resident of village Sisai Karamtoli, P.O. and P.S. Sisai, District-Gumla (Jharkhand) 2. Md. Taushif aged about 35 years, son of Abdul Rashid, resident of village-House No. 25 Bank Muhalla P.O. and P.S. Nagri, District- Ranchi, Jharkhand 3.Tabrej Ansari age 28 years, son of Maksud Ansari, resident of Langta Pabeya, P.O. and P.S. Sisai, District-Gumla, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. K.S. Nanda, Advocate, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. 02/ 11.02.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bharno PS Case No.76 of 2025, for offence registered under section 303(2), 317(5), 3(5) of BNS, 2023, Sectio 21 of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004 and Rule 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017, pending in court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the drivers of different three Hywa trucks and the allegations are made of loading 960 cft sand on each of the vehicle. He next submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.12 of the petition. He further submits that two owners of the vehicles have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 577 of 2026. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there of illegally transporting 960 cft sand on each of the ( 2026:JHHC:3617 ) vehicle. 5. Considering that two owners of Hywa trucks have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A, petitioners are drivers of the different vehicles having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.12 of the petition and it has been pointed out that the petitioners earn their livelihood by way of driving the vehicles, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla, in connection with Bharno PS Case No.76 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.11.02.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-