Broad Son Commodities Private Ltd. through its authorised signatory Santosh Kumar vs The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Home, Government of Bihar

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2025 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 1336

PATNA HIGH COURT
HONOURABLE MR. CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA, J
Broad Son Commodities Private Ltd. through its authorised signatory Santosh Kumar – Appellant
Versus
The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Home, Government of Bihar – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. Suraj Samdarshi, Advocate, Mr. Avinash Shekhar, Advocate, Mr. Vijay Shankar Tiwari, Advocate, Ms. Abhilasha Jha, Advocate, Ms. Simran Kumari, Advocate
For the ED: Mr. Zohaib Hossain, Spl.counsel, Mr.Manoj Kr. Singh, Spl.PP, Mr.Prabhat Kumar Singh, Spl.PP, Mr.Pranjal Tripathi, JC.to Mr.Hossain
For the Respondent-State: Mr. P.K. Verma, AAG-III, Dr. Mankeshwar Tiwari, AC to AAG-III, Mr. Gyan Prakash Ojha, GA-VII
For the Mines Department:Mr. Naresh Dikshit, Spl. P.P., Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, Advocate

Table of Content
1. introduction of case and parties. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. factual background on settlement and allegations. (Para 11 , 12 , 18)
3. arguments regarding procedural violations and allegations. (Para 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22)
4. discussion on legality of firs and issues of jurisdiction. (Para 23 , 24 , 25)
5. constitutional rights and implications of firs. (Para 27 , 28 , 39 , 41)
6. counterarguments against allegations. (Para 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64)
7. overview of legal precedents and interpretation. (Para 70 , 71 , 72)
8. legal principles governing mining laws. (Para 73 , 74 , 75 , 76)
9. analysis of allegations against the petitioners. (Para 80 , 81 , 82)
10. conclusion on quashing of firs. (Para 97 , 98)

CAV JUDGMENT

Date : 16-05-2025

Heard Mr. Suraj Samdarshi, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Mr. Gyan Prakash Ojha, learned G.A.-VII for the State, Mr. Naresh Dikshit, learned counsel appearing for the Department of Mining and Mr. Zohaib Hossain, learned special counsel appearing for the Union of India/E.D.

2. The petitioners of respective writ petitions have prayed for following reliefs: