Ratan Singh v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted to truck drivers Ratan Singh and Ganesh Munda (A.B.A. No. 2035 of 2026, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi, decided 04.05.2026 by Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) in Gurabanda P.S. Case No. 25/2025 registered under Sections 303(2) and 317(5) of BNS 2023, Section 21 of MMDR Act 1957, Rule 54 of JMMC Rules 2004 and Rule 13 of the Jharkhand Minerals and Mines (Prevention of illegal Mining Transportation and Storage) Rules 2017; grounds relied upon: petitioners are mere drivers without criminal antecedent, sand was booked by another person, and the truck owners had already been granted anticipatory bail; release ordered on bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- each with two sureties, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners: to surrender before the learned court within three weeks and, on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Ghatsila, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S, 2023.