Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Singh @ Ritesh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court anticipatory bail in illegal sand-mining FIR (Imadpur P.S. Case No. 83 of 2025, Bhojpur, lodged 26.06.2025); Crl. Misc. No.74674 of 2025; Justice Rajiv Roy; offences under BNS Sections 303(2), 317(2), 112(2)(b), 111(6), 111(7), 3(5) and Bihar Minerals (Concession, Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules 2019 Sections 39, 56(1), 56(2); bail granted subject to Rs.30,000/- (Rs.10,000/- each) deposit to Mines and Minerals Department, Bihar, Rs. 10,000/- bail bond with two sureties before JMFC Ara, and conditions of trial-court attendance, six-month fortnightly police reporting and non-tampering.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all three petitioners in Imadpur P.S. Case No. 83 of 2025, subject to payment of Rs.10,000/- each (totaling Rs.30,000/-) to the Mines and Minerals Department, Bihar by Demand Draft at the time of execution of the bail bond; release on arrest or surrender within four weeks on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each before the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Ara, Bhojpur, subject to the five conditions recorded in the holdings (family-member bailor, attendance at every trial date, fortnightly police-station reporting for six months, no tampering with witnesses or evidence, and no fresh offences).