( 2026:JHHC:18689 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3304 of 2026 Himanshu Haldar, son of Vishwajit Haldar, Age-30 years, resident of Purana Bajar Toli, P.O. and P.S. Bundu, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Ms. Aayushi Aman, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rajneesh Vardhan, A.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 Bundu P.S. Case No. 22 of 2026, registered under sections 317(5) of BNS and under Rules 4/21 Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act, and Rule 7/9 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining) Transportation and Storage Rule, 2017 and under Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Minerals Rule, 2004, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class at Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be owner-cum-driver of tractor and allegation is made that 100 cft sand was loaded on the said vehicle. She next submits that the petitioner earns his livelihood by way of driving tractor. She next submits that the said sand was booked by another person. She further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 9 of the petition. She further submits that owners and drivers of different tractors have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3085 of 2026. On these grounds, she submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits ( 2026:JHHC:18689 ) that illegally sand was being carried on the said vehicle. 5. Considering that petitioner happens to be owner-cum-driver of tractor and it has been pointed out that petitioner earns his livelihood by way of driving tractor and the said sand was booked by another person. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 9 of the petition and owners and drivers of different tractors have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3085 of 2026. 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 Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class at Ranchi, in connection with Bundu P.S. Case No. 22 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-