2026:JHHC:16256 --1-- A.B.A. No. 2722 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2722 of 2026 ---- 1. Sahdev Turi, aged about 41 years, S/o Nanka Turi @ Nanku Turi, R/o village – Sijua, PO- Jogiyara, PS – Pratappur, District – Chatra 2. Rajesh Bhuiyan @ Rajesh Bharti, age 38 years, S/o Badhan Bhuian @ Badhan Bharti, R/o village – Sijua, PO – Jogiyara, PS – Pratappur, District - Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Sanjay Kr. Thakur, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Bishwambhar Shastri, Advocate ---- 02/08.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1150/2021, registered under section 33 (1)(c) of Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that false allegations are made against the petitioners of cultivating the poppy plants in the forest area. He further submits that the land is not of the petitioners. He then submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 11 of the petition. He next submits that in identical situation co-accused persons have 2026:JHHC:16256 --2-- A.B.A. No. 2722 of 2026 already been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.6759 of 2025. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits that allegations of cultivation of poppy plants are there. 5. Considering that the land is not of the petitioners and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent and in identical situation co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A. , I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the 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) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra in connection with Complaint Case No. 1150/2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 08.06.2026 Sangam/