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04.12.2020 for alleged offences be excavated from an area having dimension under section 379 / 406/ 420 of of 584 feet x 218 feet x 2.9 feet from which the Indian Penal Code; Section approximately 3,69,204 CFT sand was 15 of the Environment Protection excavated by the settlee from outside the Act and section 21 of the Mines permissible area as mentioned in the and Minerals (Development and environment clearance. It is alleged that same Regulation) Act, 1957 and Rule is violation of the environment norms and theft 56 of Bihar Minerals (Concession, of government revenue which has caused a Prevention of Illegal Mining, loss of Rs. 63,24,465/-. Transportation and Storage) Rules 2019 Cr.W.J.C. No. Nasriganj P.S. Case No. 126 of In this case altogether six K-license spots were 494 of 2022 2021 registered under sections inspected. In course of Inspection of the Stock 379, 411, 420 IPC read with on the K-License places sand was found much Rules 11, 39, 56 of the Bihar less at different sites which show that the Mineral (Concession, Prevention license holder has sold sand without issuing of Illegal Mining, Transportation prepaid E-Challan. It is alleged that the license & Storage) Rules 2019 holder has sold the sand stealthily and the Register in form -J were not found duly filled up. This has caused revenue loss of Rs.

9.4. The Sand Policy Notification No. 2887 dated 22.07.2014 and the tender documents dealing with the settlements of the Petitioner at Rohtas and Aurangabad provided the schedule of payment of yearly installment amounts. Therefore, the entire royalty amount was payable in advance to the Mining Department, State of Bihar. Accordingly, the same were duly paid by the Petitioner and received by the government authorities.

9.5. It was the Petitioner which brought forth the menace of illegal mining for the first time. The Petitioner wrote multiple complaints from time to time to the Mining Department and the Police about the illegal mining being Patna High Court CR. WJC No.299 of 2022 dt.16-05-2025 conducted at the ghats of Aurangabad and Rohtas, but no action was taken in this regard. The Petitioner had consistently been suffering tremendous loss due to illegal mining. Therefore, in 2019, the Petitioner, as a victim of illegal sand mining in the State of Bihar, filed CWJC No. 4671/2019 titled 'M/s Aditya Multicom Private Limited v State of Bihar &Ors.' before this Hon'ble Court, seeking directions from Government authorities for preventing illegal mining and transportation of sand. The same was disposed of vide Judgment dated 09.08.2019, with a number of directions to the authorities to curb the problem of illegal sand mining.

Patna High Court CR. WJC No.299 of 2022 dt.16-05-2025 Consequently, the Petitioner who had already been suffering losses due to the rampant illegal mining in Bihar, suffered further losses in the months to follow (January -

March 2021), since large percentage of sand was transported using such 14-wheeler trucks.

9.10. On 18.01.2021, Principal Secretary wrote a Letter to the District Magistrates seeking action to curb illegal mining.

9.11. Subsequently, the settlement term of the Petitioner was further extended on 2 occasions by a period of 3 and 6 months on 30.12.2020 and 31.03.2021 respectively till 30.09.2021.

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