2026:JHHC:17704 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3172 of 2026 ---- 1.Raju Bharti aged about 26 years son of Birju Bharti 2.Bhaku Ganjhu @ Satyanand Bhokta aged about 38 years son of Damodar Ganjhu 3.Raghu Bharti aged about 45 years son of late Mangar Bharti 4.Suresh Ganjhu aged about 30 years son of Nakul Ganjhu All are residents of Village Bami, PO and PS Pratappur, District Chatra 5.Surendra Yadav, aged about 36 years son of late Chintamani Yadav 6.Ajay Yadav aged about 40 years son of Taku Yadav Petitioner nos.5 and 6 are residents of Village Dari, PO and PS Kunda, District Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Shailesh Kumar Sinha, Advocate ---- 2/18.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.01 of 2025, for offence registered under section 33(1)(C) of Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that false allegations are made against the petitioners of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.15 of the petition and even the said land is not belonging to the petitioners and on these grounds he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 2026:JHHC:17704 2 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations of cultivation of poppy plant is there in the forest land against the petitioners and in view of that, anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the land is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in 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 like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No.01 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 18.06.2026 SI/