CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

5 21-01-2026 Heard the learned Advocate for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 524 of 2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409 and 379 of the BNS, 2023.

3. The police in course of vehicle checking intercepted two tractors laden with illegal sand, leading to institution of the Arwal P.S. Case No. 522 of 2023. The petitioner on being found owner of one of the tractor, he was taken into custody. The seized tractor was kept in a field by entrusting to Chaukidar, however, later on, the tractor has been allegedly taken away by the driver and its owner.

Court through the FIR contended that once the petitioner was arrested in connection with transportation of illegal sand and the said tractor was also seized in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 522 of 2023, there was no occasion for the petitioner that he stealthily taken away the tractor. In fact some other persons might have caused disappearance of the tractor, but on account of the petitioner being owner of the tractor, in question, his name has