(State authorities), in various cases under the Mining Laws, namely, The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2017; Forest Law, namely, the Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953; and the Indian Penal Code, in connection with illegal mining and unlawful transportation of mineral, like bajri/ sand, coupled with unlawful possession of forest produce, and illegal transportation thereof. 4. The exercise of power under Sections 451 and 457 Cr.P.C. is under judicial scrutiny in these petitions, and the extraordinary strictness in the mining and forest laws to deal with the subject, are the core issues of the present adjudication. 5. Mr. Radheshyam Mankad, Mr. Rakesh Matoria, Mr. H.S. Rajpurohit, Mr. Trilok Joshi, Mr. Rakesh Arora, Mr. Abhishek Mehta, Mr. Bhawani Singh Mertia, Mr. Rohitash Singh Rathore, Mr. Shrey Gaharan (on VC), Mr. Mohan Ram Choudhary, Ms. Manjula Choudhary, Mr. Akash Goyal, Mr. Ramdeen Choudhary, Mr. D.S. Udawat, Mr. S.P. Sharma, Mr. Devki Nandan Vyas (on VC) and Mr. Jayant Joshi, Mr. Ripudaman Singh, learned counsels for the petitioners relied upon the judgments rendered by this Hon’ble Court at Jaipur Bench in Julfi Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan (S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition No.397/2020) alongwith other connected petitions, decided on 23.10.2020; Irfan Vs. State of Rajasthan (S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition No.742/2021) alongwith other connected petitions, decided on 16.02.2021. 6. Learned counsels for the petitioners further relied upon the judgment rendered by this Hon’ble Court at Jaipur Bench in Asharam & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan (S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition No.2723/2019) , alongwith other connected petitions, decided on 03.02.2020; and Nandlal Vs. State of Rajasthan
