PATNA, India, Feb. 25 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on Feb. 4:
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Forest Case No. 55F/2023, registered for the offence under Sections 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 42 of Bihar Saw Mills Regulation Act 1990 and Sections 41 & 42 of Indian Forest Act 1927 (Bihar Amendment Act 1990).
3. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the informant, who is Area Officer of Forest, Bettiah, filed an application stating therein that on 10/06/2023 at 11:55 Hours, he received a secret information that co-accused Raju Ranjan as well as others were running the saw mill in the village-Jamunia, and as such, after constituting a ...