2026:JHHC:24913 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.4690 of 2026 ---- Anuj Kumar @ Arjun Kumar, aged about 35 years, son of Sohar Sao, resident of Village Mahulia, P.O.+P.S.-Nawajaipur, District – Palamau (Jharkhand) …. …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand …. …. Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ---- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, A.P.P. ---- 02/Dated: 18th August, 2026 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pandwa P.S. Case No.09 of 2023 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 21(4) of the M.M.D.R. Act and under Section 54 of the J.M.M.C. Rule, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Palamau. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is alleged to have been the owner of one of the tractors which was loaded with 70 CFT of sand. He next submits that the owner of another tractor had been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No. 2331 of 2024 vide order dated 15.05.2024. He further submits that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that illegally sand was being carried. 5. Considering the fact that the petitioner is the owner of one of the tractors against which there is an allegation of carrying 70 CFT of illegal sand, and that is the situation identical to that of the owner of another tractor who had been granted anticipatory bail by this Court, and further that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2026:JHHC:24913 Page | 2 A.B.A. No.4690 of 2026 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Palamau in connection with Pandwa P.S. Case No.09 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 18th August, 2026 Amar/- Uploaded on 20.08.2026