Jharkhand HC rejects bail plea of suspended IAS officer Vinay Choubey

The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail application filed by suspended IAS officer Vinay Choubey in a case registered by the anti-corruption bureau. The matter came to light in 2013, after which all revenue records created for forest lands were cancelled, and a probe was set up by the anti-corruption bureau.

The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail application filed by suspended IAS officer Vinay Choubey in a case registered by the anti-corruption bureau. The court of Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary after having heard the petition at length had reserved the order, which was pronounced on Tuesday. Choubey, the former secretary to the chief minister, had moved an application for bail before the high court in the case during his tenure as deputy commissioner in Hazaribagh. It has been alleged that Choubey was involved in the illegal sale of 'Sewayat' lands in the district. He had also allegedly interpolated records of forest lands in the district, and had the nature of the lands changed through fake documents. The lands were then transferred to his aide Vinay Singh. The matter came to light in 2013, after which all revenue records created for forest lands were cancelled, and a probe was set up by the anti-corruption bureau. Choubey is in custody since May 20, 2025. He is also an accused in the multi-crore liquor scam in which he has already been granted bail by a lower court for non-submission of charge sheet within the stipulated time.