JODHAN DANGI @ JODHAN LAL DANGI v. STATE OF JHARKHAND
A.B.A./6893/2025 · 2025-12-08
Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
body2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 6893 of 2025
Jodhan Dangi @ Jodhan Lal Dangi, aged about 66 years, son of late Brahamdeo Dangi, resident of village Changer, P.O. and P.S. Chatra, District- Chatra ...... … Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner
:Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, A.P.P.
02/ 08.12.2025: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1135 of 2025 registered under sections 33, 41 and 42 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is driver of tractor in question and allegation is made that 100 cft sand was loaded on the said tractor. He submits that petitioner has no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail.
4.
Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that illegally sand was loaded on the said tractor.
5.
Considering that petitioner is driver of tractor in question and he has no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the
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petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1135 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023.
Dt.08.12.2025
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-