Etvari Devi v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand HC (Ranchi), ABA No.7549 of 2025, decided 09.01.2026 by Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi J.: anticipatory bail allowed to petitioner Etvari Devi, owner of a tractor implicated in carrying illegally mined sand (allegation of loading 100 cft. sand), facing Complaint Case No.-28946/2025 under Sections 4, 21 MMDR Act 1957 r/w Rule 54 Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules 2004 r/w Rules 9, 11 Jharkhand Minerals Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation, and Storage Rules 2017 before ACJM Ranchi. Basis: parity with earlier grants in ABA No.7288 of 2025 (tractor driver) and ABA No.7513 of 2025 (owner of another tractor, order dt. 07.01.2026) and absence of criminal antecedents. Conditions: surrender within three weeks; bail bond Rs.25,000 with two like sureties; compliance with Section 482(2) BNSS 2023. State counsel opposed; no precedent cases cited beyond the parallel ABA orders.