( 2026:JHHC:16326 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2680 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2680 of 2026 Kajaru Mahto, aged about 42 years, son of Radho Mahto, resident of Sajni, P.O. Jori, P.S. Bashisthnagar, District- Chatra, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Shailesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. ----- 04/08.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.77 of 2025, registered for the offence under Section 33(1)(C) of Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits that the allegations are made that the petitioner was indulged in cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. He then submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and that is not belonging to the petitioner and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory ( 2026:JHHC:16326 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2680 of 2026 bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra in connection with Complaint Case No.77 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 8th June, 2026 Ajay/