( 2026:JHHC:18781 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3397 of 2026 Sumit Kumar Pandey, aged about 23 years, son of Umesh Kumar Pandey, resident of village Gram Itkhori, P.O. Itkhori and P.S. Itkhori, District-Chatra, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Bipin Bihari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Spl. P.P. 02/ 29.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Itkhori P.S. Case No. 141 of 2025 registered under sections 4/21 of MMDR Act and under Rule 4/54 JMMCR pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is owner-cum-driver of the tractor in question and allegation is made that 100 cft sand was loaded on the said tractor. He further submits that petitioner earns his livelihood by way of driving the said tractor. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 14 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 the sand was being carried on the said tractor. 5. Considering that petitioner is owner-cum-driver of the tractor in question and he has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 14 of the petition and further it has been pointed out that petitioner earns his livelihood by way of driving the said tractor. ( 2026:JHHC:18781 ) 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, Chatra, in connection with Itkhori P.S. Case No. 141 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.29.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-