UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Jharkhand HC stays action against ED officials by State police, orders Central security cover

Question 1

In the January 2026 Jharkhand High Court case concerning the Ranchi police raid on the ED's Zonal Office, how many Enforcement Directorate officers filed the criminal writ petition under Article 226 seeking quashing of the FIR/transfer of the probe?

Accepted Answer

Two

Answer

One

Answer

Three

Answer

Four

Question 2

In the Jharkhand HC's interim order staying action against ED officials, the court restrained the State police from any 'coercive action'. In the context of criminal procedure, the term 'coercive action' most precisely refers to:

Accepted Answer

Compulsive measures such as arrest, custodial interrogation, search or seizure carried out under the authority of law

Answer

Any oral or written communication issued by the police to an individual

Answer

Filing of a chargesheet before a competent magistrate after completion of investigation

Answer

Issuance of a Look-Out Circular by the Bureau of Immigration

Question 3

With reference to the Jharkhand HC's intervention in the ED–Ranchi Police dispute (2026), consider the following statements:
1. The FIR against the ED officials was registered at the Airport Police Station, Ranchi.
2. The High Court ordered Central paramilitary (CISF/BSF) security cover for the ED's Ranchi Zonal Office.
3. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi described the State police raid on the ED office as 'pre-planned'.
4. The FIR was lodged by a serving Jharkhand cabinet minister against the ED.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3 only

Answer

1, 2 and 4 only

Answer

2, 3 and 4 only

Answer

1, 3 and 4 only

Question 4

The Enforcement Directorate, whose Ranchi Zonal Office figured in the recent Jharkhand HC case, derives its principal powers of search, seizure, arrest and attachment of proceeds of crime primarily from which one of the following statutes?

Accepted Answer

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

Answer

Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999

Answer

Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018

Answer

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Jharkhand HC stays action against ED officials by State police, orders Central security cover

Q1. In the January 2026 Jharkhand High Court case concerning the Ranchi police raid on the ED's Zonal Office, how many Enforcement Directorate officers filed the criminal writ petition under Article 226 seeking quashing of the FIR/transfer of the probe?

Q2. In the Jharkhand HC's interim order staying action against ED officials, the court restrained the State police from any 'coercive action'. In the context of criminal procedure, the term 'coercive action' most precisely refers to:

Q4. The Enforcement Directorate, whose Ranchi Zonal Office figured in the recent Jharkhand HC case, derives its principal powers of search, seizure, arrest and attachment of proceeds of crime primarily from which one of the following statutes?