( 2026:JHHC:26023 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4908 of 2026 Jagru Mahato, aged about 26 years, son of Shatrughan Mahato, resident of village-Dayaltand, Kurmadih, P.O. and P.S. Ichagarh, District-Seraikella- Kharsawan ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Abhishek Kr. Dubey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. 02/ 29.08.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Ichagarh P.S. Case No. 76 of 2025, registered under sections 317(5), 3(5) of BNS, 2023, under section 21 of MMDR Act, Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concession Rules and Rule 13 of the Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of illegal Mining and Storage) Rules, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandil. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he is nothing to do with the storage of sand. He next submits that the name of the petitioner has come only on suspicion. He further submits that the petitioner has one criminal antecedent which is civil in nature which is disclosed in para 13 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 allegations are there of storage of huge quantity of sand i.e. 2,57,500 cft and petitioner has one criminal antecedent and in view of that the anticipatory bail of the petitioner may kindly be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:26023 ) 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come only on suspicion and the land on which sand was stored, is being denied by the petitioner and it has been pointed out that petitioner is also accused in a case of sections 406 and 420 I.P.C arising out of land dispute however criminal case has been lodged. 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, Chandil, in connection with Ichagarh P.S. Case No. 76 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.29.08.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-