Pappu Yadav v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No.1580 of 2025; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary; order dated 10-03-2025; anticipatory bail allowed; petitioners Pappu Yadav, Sukhdev Oraon, Rajendra Mahto; State of Jharkhand; Namkum P.S. Case No.470 of 2024; illegal sand mining/transportation; Sections 317(5) BNS 2023; Section 4/54 J.M.M.C. Rules; Section 4/21 M.M.D.R. Act; Rules 9/11/13 Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules 2017; vehicle seizure; cash security Rs.20,000/- each; bail bond Rs.25,000/- each; Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions; advocates Abhishek Kumar and Sunil Kr. Dubey (Addl. P.P.).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioners to surrender within six weeks; on arrest or surrender to be enlarged on bail on depositing Rs.20,000/- each as cash security and furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount, to the satisfaction of learned J.M.-1st Class, Ranchi, in connection with Namkum P.S. Case No.470 of 2024, with conditions to co-operate with the investigation, appear before the investigating officer as and when noticed, furnish mobile number and photocopy of Aadhar Card with an undertaking not to change the mobile number during pendency, and further conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.