Samir Kumar Mandal v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Samir Kumar Mandal v. The State of Jharkhand, A.B.A. No. 2201 of 2026, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi, decided 01.05.2026 by Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. Anticipatory bail granted to a licensee deed writer accused under Sections 467, 468, 471, 420 and 34 IPC in Rajmahal P.S. Case No.32 of 2020 (SDJM, Rajmahal); court found he merely drafted the sale deed at another's request and the fraudulent-transfer allegation did not attach to him; surrender within three weeks; bail bond Rs.25,000 with two like sureties; conditions under Section 482(2) BNSS 2023; undertaking to cooperate in investigation.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks; on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rajmahal, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.