2026:JHHC:13756 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2265 of 2026 ------ Rambarat Yadav @ Rambrat Yadav, son of Vishwanathi Yadav @ Vishwanath Yadav, resident of Village Sidki, P.O. and P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Chatterjee, Special P.P. ------ 02/07.05.2026 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. 430 of 2016, registered for the offence under Section 33(C) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation is made against the petitioner of running a brick kiln over 20 decimals of land of Plot No.124 of Sidiki Forest area. He further submits that the petitioner is nothing to do with the said brick kiln. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of illegally running brick kiln on the forest area. 5. Considering that the offence report is of the year 2016 and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition and it is has been pointed out that the petitioner is nothing to do with the said brick kiln, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 430 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 11.05.2026