Subrata Haldar Granted Anticipatory Bail, Rs.25k Bond

Authority: High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi

Order Date: 07.07.2026

Petitioner: Subrata Haldar, aged about 36 years, son of Ratan Haldar, resident of Nunnungeria, P.O. & P.S. Jhargram, Dist. Paschim Mednipur, West Bengal, 721507. Proprietor of Maa Mansa Trading.
Opposite Party: The State of Jharkhand.
Case Details: Chakulia P.S. Case No. 12 of 2026, registered for offences under Sections 303(2) and 317(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ghatshila.
Allegations: Purchase of stolen scrap materials valued at Rs.18,500/-. The petitioner claims the shop manager, not he, purchased the scrap. He was absent from the shop at the relevant time, being in Bhubaneshwar for treatment of his sister. No criminal antecedent disclosed (para‑14 of the petition).
Counsel: For the petitioner – Mr. Manoj Kumar Dash, Advocate. For the State – Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, A.P.P.

The Court, after considering the petitioner’s absence, the manager’s role in the purchase, and the lack of prior criminal record, granted anticipatory bail to Subrata Haldar.
The petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ghatshila, within three weeks from the order date.
In the event of his arrest or surrender, he must furnish a bail bond of Rs.25,000 (Twenty‑Five Thousand) along with two sureties of the same amount each, to the satisfaction of the magistrate.
The bail is subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Topics: Anticipatory Bail, Criminal Procedure, Jharkhand Judiciary