2026:JHHC:16351 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2708 of 2026 ------ Rajendra Ganjhu @ Rajendra Bhokta, aged about 43 years, son of Late Kailash Ganjhu @ Kailash Bhokta, resident of Bario, P.O. and P.S. Chatra, 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 Chatterjee, Special P.P. ------ 02/08.06.2026 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. 222 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 33(1)(C) of Indian Forest Act pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false case has been made against the petitioner of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He next submits that on the said allegation one FIR has been lodged and a complaint case also been lodged. He further submits in the FIR case, the petitioner has already been granted regular bail. He also submits that although the matter is arising out of complaint case however, under the Indian Forest Act, arrest power is there to the authority concerned. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. 5. Considering that for the same allegation, two cases have been lodged against the petitioner and in the FIR case, the petitioner has been granted regular bail, although the present case is arising out of complaint case however, the arresting power is there under the Indian Forest Act, in that view of the matter, the petitioner is having apprehension of arrest, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and in the event of 2026:JHHC:16351 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 222 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 10.06.2026