Anil Kumar Gupta v. the State of Jharkhand
Anticipatory Bail – Illegal mining / stone-chips transportation
Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No. 649 of 2026, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., 06.02.2026): anticipatory bail allowed to Anil Kumar Gupta, owner of a Hywa truck implicated in alleged illegal loading/transport of 700 cft stone chips (Daltonganj Sadar PS Case No. 78 of 2025; sections 323, 303(2), 317(2), 3(5) BNS; Jharkhand mining statutes and rules). Court noted the consignment was booked by another person and the vehicle was driven by its driver. Terms: surrender within four weeks; bail bond Rs. 25,000/- with two like sureties to CJM Palamau; conditions under section 482(2) BNSS, 2023. No precedents cited.
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 like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau, in connection with Daltonganj Sadar PS Case No. 78 of 2025, subject to conditions under section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023.