2026:JHHC:11510 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1673 of 2026 ------ 1. Dinesh Paswan, son of Kedar Paswan, resident of Village Purnadih, P.O. and P.S. Nawalsahi, District Koderma 2. Amit Ray @ Amit Kumar Ray, son of Madan Mohan Ray, resident of Village Maheshmarwa, P.O. Doranda, P.S. Dhanwar District Giridih .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Mahesh Kumar Sinha (2), Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Chatterjee, Special P.P. ------ 02/20.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Tisri P.S. Case No. 119 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 303(2), 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Rules 4 and 54 of JMMC Rules, Sections 4 and 21 of MMDR Act pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have nothing to do with the said stone chips and the allegations pertain excavating the stones and keeping the same. He further submits that only on suspicion, the petitioners have been implicated in this case. He also submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 15 of the petition. 4. Learned Special P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioners have been taken by the villagers. 5. Looking to the FIR, the name of person who has taken the name of the petitioners, that persons’ name have not been disclosed in the FIR, and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 15 of the petition and it has been denied by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners that the petitioners have kept any stone chips, in that view of the matter, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today 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.) Anit Uploaded 22.04.2026