( 2025:JHHC:37268 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 7013 of 2025 Pintu Mistri @ Anil Kumar, aged about 27 years, son of Rambriksh Mistri, resident of village Bami, Post Office and Police Station-Pratappur, District- Chatra (Jharkhand) ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Manish Yadav, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Spl. P.P. 02/ 11.12.2025: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 149 of 2021, registered under section 33 (1) (C) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that false allegation is made of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. He further submits that the name of the petitioner has been taken by co-villager and the land is not belonging to the petitioner. He then submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest area is there. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has been taken by co-villager and even the name of that person has not been disclosed in the complaint case, further it has been pointed out that land is not belonging to the petitioner and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to ( 2025:JHHC:37268 ) the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 149 of 2021, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.11.12.2025 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-