( 2026:JHHC:13248 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 1851 of 2026 1. Uma Kumar Yadav, son of Choudhary Yadav, aged about 24 years 2. Bhola Yadav, son of Bishundhari Yadav, aged about 24 years Both are resident of village Murtia, P.O. Telaiya Dam, P.S. Jainagar, District-Koderma ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Diwakar Jha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Spl. P.P 02/ 05.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Jainagar (T.D.O.P.) P.S. Case No. 177 of 2025, registered under sections 317(5)/3(5) of BNS, Rule 13 of Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rule-2017 and Rule 54 of Jharkhand Mines and Minerals Concession Rule, 2004, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Koderma. 3. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdrawn anticipatory bail application on behalf of petitioner no. 1 namely, Uma Kumar Yadav as he is having criminal antecedent. 4. Learned counsel for the State has got no objection. 5. Accordingly, anticipatory bail application is dismissed as withdrawn on behalf of petitioner no.1 namely, Uma Kumar Yadav. 6. Now, this anticipatory bail application is surviving only on behalf of petitioner no.2. 7. So far anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner no. 2 is concerned, learned counsel for the petitioner no.2 submits that he is driver of tractor and allegations are made that 100 cft sand was loaded on the said vehicle. He further submits that in identical situation owners of the different vehicles have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 6261 of 2025 and petitioner no.2 has no criminal antecedent. 8. Learned counsel for the State submits that illegally sand was being carried on the said vehicle. 9. Considering that petitioner no.2 is driver of tractor and in identical situation owners of the different vehicles have been granted anticipatory bail in ( 2026:JHHC:13248 ) A.B.A. No. 6261 of 2025, the petitioner no.2 has no criminal antecedent and it has been pointed out that petitioner no.2 to used to earn his livelihood by way of driving the vehicle, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner no. 2. Accordingly, the petitioner 2 is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner 2 namely, Bhola Yadav 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 S.D.J.M, Koderma, in connection with Jainagar (T.D.O.P.) P.S. Case No. 177 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dt. 05.05.2026 satyarthi-