( 2026:JHHC:17498 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3123 of 2026 Subodh Kumar Yadav, aged about 42 years, son of Ganesh Yadav, resident of village Tetarchak, P.O. and Police Station-Itkhori, District-Chatra ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Md. Hadish Ansari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Spl. P.P. 02/ 17.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mayurhand P.S. Case No. 21 of 2026, registered under sections 303(2), 317 (5)/3 (5) of BNS, 2023, section 21 of Mines Minerals Development and Regulation Act, Rules 4/54 of Jharkhand Mines Minerals Concession Rules and Rule 13 of JMPIMT and Storage Act, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is owner-cum-driver of tractor and allegations are made that 100 cft sand was loaded on the said tractor. He submits that petitioner has four criminal antecedents. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that petitioner is having four criminal antecedents that is arising out of illegal transportation of sand. 5. Considering that petitioner is having four criminal antecedents of identical nature, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is hereby rejected. Dt.17.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-