2026:JHHC:452 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.7549 of 2025 Etvari Devi, aged about 43 years, Wife of Sukhdev Singh Munda, Resident of Village-Nuru, Lohatu P.O.- Lowahatu& P.S.-Sonahatu, District- Ranchi, (Jharkhand)-835204 …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Sankalp Goswami, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kr. Mishra, APP ------ 2/09.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.-28946/2025, for offences registered under Sections 4, 21 of the Mines and Minerals Regulation and Development Act, 1957, r/w Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004, r/w Rule 9, 11 of the Jharkhand Minerals Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation, and Storage Rules, 2017, pending in the Court of Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is owner of one of the tractors and the allegations are made of loading 100 cft. sand on the said tractor. He next submits that driver of the said tractor has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.7288 of 2025 and the owner of another tractor has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.7513 of 2025 by the order dated 07.01.2026. He further submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 12 of the petition. 2026:JHHC:452 2 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that illegally sand was being carried. 5. Considering that in identical situation, the driver of the said tractor has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.7288 of 2025 and owner of another tractor has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.7513 of 2025 and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 12 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Complaint Case No.-28946/2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 09.01.2026 R.Kumar