imposed upon the petitioner
regarding alleged illegal mining based on drone survey report.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner stated that mining lease ... stated that respondent
authorities have intimated the petitioner and got conducted a
drone survey on 04.10.2025, through private agency. It is further
contended that without
demand;
(c) And direct to respondent department to supply the copy
of drone report and also prepared a drone report after
examining the material available ... without prior intimation to petitioner and in his absence,
conducted a drone survey on 31.12.2025 through a private firm.
It is further contended that, without
have confessed their active involvement in cross-border
smuggling of heroin through drone, using which heroin used to be
dropped in Indian soil ... receive the consignment
of heroin which was to be dropped through drone from Pakistan
into India. As per the plan, the present petitioner
implicating the applicant. He further
submits that after the recovery of the drone carrying the
contraband, i.e., allegedly 500 grams of heroin, the investigation ... opposes the bail
application and submits that in the present case, a drone from
Pakistan was used to dispatch heroin into India in the bordering
demand notice on the ground that
no notice was given before undertaking drone survey. The relevant
paragraphs are reproduced herein below:
"6. Since ... notice was given to the petitioner before
undertaking the survey through drone and the order
of recovery has been passed by the respondents, as
such
State Government to
undertake a fresh survey through physical mode/drone, after
issuing notice to the petitioner and thereafter, if any recovery is
due from ... petitioner was physically surveyed. However, while
undertaking the survey through the drone, the notice was not
issued to the petitioner. Learned Additional Advocate General
further
2026]
"B. declare the alleged drone survey, forming the sole basis of the
impugned show cause notice, to be illegal, void ... show
cause notice to the petitioner indicating in it that the drone survey
was conducted on 27.11.2025 and thereafter it has been found
that
State Government to
undertake a fresh survey through physical mode/drone, after
issuing notice to the petitioner and thereafter, if any recovery is
due from ... petitioner was physically surveyed. However, while
undertaking the survey through the drone, the notice was not
issued to the petitioner. Learned Additional Advocate General
further
passed by the Mining Engineer, Bhilwara,
whereby, on the basis of a drone survey report and allegations of
illegal/unauthorised mining activities, a demand ... 2026]
basis of the drone survey report, a copy of the said report has not
been supplied to the petitioner.
3. Learned counsel
passed by the Mining Engineer, Bhilwara,
whereby, on the basis of a drone survey report and allegations of
illegal/unauthorised mining activities, a demand ... 2026]
basis of the drone survey report, a copy of the said report has not
been supplied to the petitioner.
3. Learned counsel
