( 2026:JHHC:18261 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3258 of 2026 Raj Kumar Gupta, aged about 28 years, son of Bajrang Kumar Gupta, resident of Anandini Niwas, Near Ram Mandir, P.O. and P.S. Sundernagar, District-East Singhbhum ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Zaid Ahmed, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P. 02/ 23.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Ghatshila P.S. Case No. 14 of 2026, registered under sections303(2), 317(2) of BNS, 2023 and under section 4/21 of MMDR Act, 1957, under Rule 4, 54 JMMC Rule, 2004 and under Rules 7, 9, 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017 pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ghatshila. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is owner of hywa in question and allegation is made that 100 cft sand was loaded on the said vehicle. He submits that the sand was loaded by another person and the vehicle is commercial. 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 illegally the sand was being carried on the said vehicle. 5. Considering that petitioner is owner of hywa vehicle and it has been pointed out that the said sand was loaded by another person and the vehicle is commercial. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above ( 2026:JHHC:18261 ) named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ghatshila, in connection with Ghatshila P.S. Case No. 14 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.23.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-