2026:JHHC:3707 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.762 of 2026 1. Baleshwar Yadav, aged about 47 years, son of- Hulas Yadav 2. Rohit Kumar Yadav @ Rohit Kr. Yadav, aged about 25 years, son of- Girdhari Yadav; 3. MahadeoYadav, aged about 55 years, son of- Girdhan Yadav; All residents of village- Kargaio, Telaiya Dam, P.O. & P.S.- Barhi, District- Hazaribag; …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Randhir Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl. P.P. ------ 2/11.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioners and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with arrest Chandwara P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025 for offence under section 317(2)/3(5) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Rule 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of illegal Mining Transportation & Storage) Rules, 2017 and Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concession (JMMC) Rule, 2004, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the owner cum driver of three different tractors and the allegations are made that 100 cft. sand was loaded on the said tractors. He also submits that the petitioners are earning their livelihood by way of driving of the said tractors. He further submits that they have got no criminal antecedents as disclosed in Para 14 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and 2026:JHHC:3707 2 submits that illegally sand was being carried on the said tractors. 5. Considering that the petitioners are the owner and driver of different tractors and they have got no criminal antecedents and it has been pointed out that they are earning their livelihood by way of driving the said tractors, in that view of the matter, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and condition or sureties, the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 11.02.2026 R.Kumar