2026:JHHC:999 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.11344 of 2025 Sitaram Munda, aged about 25 years, son of Late Sohrai Munda @ Late Sohrai Ganjhu, resident of village Chitalaung, P.O. Chope, P.S. Simariya, District - Chatra, Jharkhand. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Yogendra Yadav, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, A.P.P. ------ 2/15.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is seeking regular bail in connection with Simariya P.S. Case No.142 of 2024, corresponding to G.R. Case No.701 of 2025 registered for offences under Sections 303(2), 317(5), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the allegations are made that on the trailer of the tractor, wooden logs have been loaded. He also submits that owner of the said tractor has been granted regular bail by the coordinate bench of this court in BA No. 7812 of 2025. He next submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedents as disclosed in Para 17 of the petition and the petitioner is in custody since 8.10.2025. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the state opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner has illegally carried wooden logs on the said tractor. 2026:JHHC:999 2 5. Considering that the owner of the said tractor has been granted regular bail by the coordinate bench of this court in BA No. 7812 of 2025 and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 17 of the petition and the petitioner is in custody since 08.10.2025, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on regular bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Simariya P.S. Case No. 142 of 2024 corresponding to G.R. Case No.701 of 2025. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 15.01.2026 R.Kumar