Pranjal Shukla v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Applicants sought anticipatory bail against arrest in a criminal investigation involving forged land-sale documents and alleged SC/ST Atrocities Act offences relating to a plot sold by fraudulent substitution of a dead person's identity. Reviewing records showing the transaction occurred years after the registered death, the High Court found prima facie no case for immediate arrest.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted unconditionally to all applicants; investigating court to be informed immediately of this order.