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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 5223 of 2025
1. Bhagirath Mahra, aged about 67 years, son of Lakshmi Mahra.
2. Vaidhnath Mahra, aged about 44 years, son of Late Puran Mahra.
3. Kashi Mahra alias Kashi Das @ Mahra, aged about 69 years son of Late Hakim Das.
All are resident of Village Charakmara, P.O. and P.S. Sarath, District Deoghar, Jharkhand.
..... … Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand.
..... … Opposite Party
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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Abhishek Kumar Mishra, Advocate. For the State
: Mrs. Kumari Rashmi, A.P.P. ------
05/ 10.09.2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2.
The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with GOCR Case No. 44 of 2018, registered for the offences under Sections 33 and 63 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Madhupur.
3.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the false allegation has been made against the petitioners of constructing the house in the forest land. He submits that the dispute is there with regard to the land and the petitioners have constructed their house in their own land.
4.
Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer and submit that the allegations are there of construction of house in the forest area.
5.
Considering that the dispute is there of land and it has been asserted that the petitioners have constructed their house in their own
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land, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
7.
Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Madhupur, in connection with GOCR Case No. 44 of 2018, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Amitesh/-