( 2026:JHHC:18669 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3301 of 2026 Shyam Hansda, aged about 40 years, son of Bhola Hansda, resident of Sarbila, P.O.and P.S. Dhalbhumgarh, District-East Singhbhum ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Manoj Kr. Sah, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. 02/ 25.06.2026: 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. 12 of 2026, registered under sections 303(2), 317(2) of BNS and sections 4/21 of MMDR Act, under Rule 54 of JMMC Rules, 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 happens to be driver of hywa vehicle and allegation is made that 600 cft sand was loaded on the said vehicle. He next submits that the petitioner earns his livelihood by way of driving hywa vehicle. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition. 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 sand was being carried on the said vehicle. 5. Considering that petitioner is a driver of hywa in question and he has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition and it has been pointed out that petitioner earns his livelihood by ( 2026:JHHC:18669 ) way of driving the said vehicle. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above 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. 12 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.25.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-