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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.2395 of 2025 ------ Dularchand Ravidas, son of late Dasu Ravidas, resident of village Mayapur Kala, PO Nawadih Panari, PS Hunterganj, District Chatra, Jharkhand … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Lalit Yadav, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, A.P.P. ----- 05/ 02.05.2025 Heard the parties.
2. This anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been preferred by the petitioner apprehending his arrest for offences registered under Sections 317(5) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, section 4/21 of MMDR Act and section 54 of JMMC Rules.
3. There is an allegation that the tractor of the petitioner was seized as it was involved in transporting of sand which was illegally excavated.
4. During the course of the argument and from the record it is clear that no sand was seized from the said tractor.
5. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. Further learned APP submits that there is no antecedent of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid fact, this Court finds it a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands
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allowed. The petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and on the event of his surrender or arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chatra, in connection with Hunterganj P.S. Case No.210 of 2024, subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioner and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in his name or in the name of his ancestors in which he is having share and to that effect, he has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his share in the property.
(ANANDA SEN, J.) Tanuj/Cp-3