2026:JHHC:15032 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2591 of 2026 ---- 1.Upendra Yadav, aged about 45 years, son of late Lalo Mahto, permanent resident of Village Bendro, PO and pS Gawan, Dist. Giridih. T present r/o Tambe Galino, 11 likn Road, Bhagatsingh Nagar No.2, Motilal Nagar, PO and PS Goregaon, Mumbai West Maharashtra -400104 2.Akhilesh Prasad Yadav @ Akhilesh Yadav aged about 30 years son of Prakash Yadav, r/o Village Bendro, PO and PS Gawan District Giridih .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Nagmani Tiwari, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Advocate ---- 2/14.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.485 of 2021, for offence registered under section 33(i),(a),(c) of Indian Forest Act 1927, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that falsely the petitioners have been implicated in this case alleging therein that the petitioner were excavating in the forest area. He next submits that the said allegations are false and how the petitioners are involved in the said excavation that is not disclosed in the offence report and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.13 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the 2026:JHHC:15032 2 petitioners are named in the offence report. 5. Considering that the villagers have said to be disclosed the name of the petitioners, however, the names of the villagers who have taken the name of these petitioners are not disclosed in the offence report and even the said excavation has been denied by these petitioners and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, both the petitioner, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Giridih, in connection with Complaint Case No.485 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 14.05.2026 SI/