2026:JHHC:2776 --1-- A.B.A. No. 569 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 569 of 2026 ---- 1. Ranjit Kumar Yadav, aged about 36 years, son of Yugal Kishore Yadav, resident of village – Garwaiya, PO – Dhamna, PS – Gaya, District – Gaya, Bihar 2. Sudhir Kumar, aged about 30 years, son of Shankar Paswan, resident of village – Saini Chak, PO – Parhara, PS – Guruwa, District – Gaya, Bihar .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, Advocate ---- 02/03.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bashisth Nagar P.S. Case No.101 of 2025 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 303(2), 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 21 of Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, Rule 54 of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004 and under Rule 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rule, 2017 pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioner No.1 is the owner and petitioner No.2 is the driver of 2026:JHHC:2776 --2-- A.B.A. No. 569 of 2026 hywa truck and the allegations are made that stone chips were loaded in the said truck. He further submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.14 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that illegally stone chips were being carried in the said hywa truck. 5. Considering that petitioner No.1 is the owner and petitioner No.2 is the driver of hywa truck and they have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.14 of the petition and in that view of the matter the petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 03.02.2026 Sangam/