[ 2026:JHHC:8703] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1172 of 2026 1. Gajendra Kumar aged about 28 Years, son of Hari Ganjhu 2. Sikendar Ganjhu @ Sikendar Kumar @ Sakind Kumar, aged about 30 Years son of Hari Ganjhu, Petitioner No. 1 to 2 are resident of Village Bhusar, Post office & Police Station Lawalong, District Chatra. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand. ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Manish Yadav, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Someshwar Roy, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 26.03.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1740 of 2025, registered for the offences under Section 33(1)(c) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that false allegation is made against the petitioners of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. He next submits that the said land does not belongs to these petitioners. He further submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-13 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of the poppy plant in the forest land. [ 2026:JHHC:8703] -2- 5. Considering that the land is of forest department and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-13 of the petition, in that view of the matter, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-26.03.2026 Amitesh/-