--1-- Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:14970 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2562 of 2026 ---- Sonu Ram, aged 29 years, son of Jogindra @ Yogendra Ram, residents of village- Jori, P.O. and P.S.- Jori, District- Chatra. .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Anupam Anand, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ---- 02/14.05.2026 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.372 of 2021, for offence registered under sections 33(1)(c) of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, pending in court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case alleging that the petitioner was doing cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He next submits that the land is of the forest department and is not belonging to the petitioner. He also submits that for the same cause of action two cases have been lodged against the petitioner. 4. Learned for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivating poppy plant on the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and is not belonging to the petitioner, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. --2-- 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No.372 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 14.05.2026 Jay/