Pradeep Keshari v. the State of Jharkhand
Anticipatory bail – disposal per Satender Kumar Antil guidelines
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi — A.B.A. No. 2030 of 2024, decided 08.05.2024 by Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J. Petitioner Pradeep Keshri, apprehending arrest in G (Forest) P.S. Case No. 2138 of 2021 (Sections 33(1)(a) & (c), Indian Forest (Bihar Amendment) Act; Sections 27 & 29, Wildlife (Conservation) Act, 1972), pending before the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag, sought anticipatory bail over allegations of digging and encroaching 04 decimals of forest land on 07.10.2021. With cognizance already taken, the application was disposed of without expressing any view on merits; petitioner directed to seek regular bail before the court below, to be decided the same day, per Satender Kumar Antil ((2021) 10 SCC 773; 2023 Live Law (SC) 233). Counsel: Prabhat Kumar Sinha for petitioner; Prabir Chatterjee, A.P.P. for the State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail not granted; application disposed of and petitioner directed to appear before the court below and seek regular bail, to be decided the same day in strict compliance with the Satender Kumar Antil guidelines.