Dhruw Singh Alias Dhrup Narayan Singh v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail by surrender-and-release direction: Dhruw Singh @ Dhrup Narayan Singh v. The State of Jharkhand, A.B.A. No. 1354 of 2026, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.), decided 07.04.2026. Arrest feared in Complaint Case No. 412 of 2016 before SDJM, Chatra, for offences under Sections 33, 41 and 42 of the Indian Forest Act and Sections 2 and 3 of the Forest Conservation Act; allegation confined to clearing forest land to store stone chips; petitioner has no criminal antecedents; surrendered within two weeks with liberty to the learned Court to fix terms, conditions and sureties. Petitioner's counsel: Sushant Kumar Sinha; for the State: Rakesh Kumar Sinha, A.P.P.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks, and on surrender to be released on such terms and conditions or sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper.