[2026:JHHC:25553] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4818 of 2026 1. Suchit Yadav aged about 24 Years son of Naresh Yadav resident of Village Paradih, Post office & Police Station Chatra Sadar, District Chatra. 2. Kuntal Kumar aged about 23 Years son of Rajendra Yadav resident of Village Sail Post office & Police Station Chatra Sadar, District Chatra. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Manish Yadav, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 24.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Chatra Sadar P.S. Case No. 268 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 303(2), 317(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 4/21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule-54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004, Rule 7/9 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2017, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner No. 1 is the owner and petitioner No. 2 is the driver of a tractor in question and it has been alleged that 100 CFT sand was being carried on the said tractor. He next submits that so far as petitioner No. 2 is concerned, he earns his livelihood by way of driving the said tractor. He also submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-11 of the [2026:JHHC:25553] -2- petition. He then submits that in the similar circumstance, the other co- accused, who is owner-cum-driver of another tractor has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court in A.B.A. No. 4800 of 2026. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioners. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of illegally carrying the sand on the tractor in question. On this ground, she submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the petitioner No. 1 is the owner and petitioner No. 2 is the driver and in the similar circumstance, the other co-accused, who is owner-cum-driver of another tractor has already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court in the aforementioned A.B.A. and further the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- 11 of the petition and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Chatra Sadar P.S. Case No. 268 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-24.08.2026 Amitesh/-