Umashankar Soni Alias Uma Shankar Soni v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail application (A.B.A. No. 4079 of 2025, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi) by Umashankar Soni @ Uma Shankar Soni, a businessman with jewellery shop Kanchan Jewellers and no criminal antecedent, apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 265 of 2024 (CJM, Koderma) under Sections 26(1)(g)(d)(f)(h), 41, 42 & 52 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Bihar Amendment Act, 1989) and Sections 27, 29, 31 & 51 of the Wild Life Protection Act. Bail granted with surrender within four weeks; bail bond Rs.25,000/- with two like sureties; conditions under Section 482(2) BNSS, 2023. Bench: Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to surrender within four weeks and, on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Koderma, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.