2026:JHHC:17540 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3134 of 2026 ------ 1. Krishna Chandra Mahato, son of Ram Mahato, aged about 58 years, P.O. Soro, P.S. Ichagarh, Village Harat, District Seraikella Kharsawan, Jharkhand 2. Baneshwar Mahato, son of Gandha Mahato, aged about 34 years, P.O. Soro, P.S. Ichagarh, Village Harat, District Seraikella Kharsawan, Jharkhand 3. Shibu Singh, son of Mohri Singh Munda, aged about 49 years, P.O. Tuta, P.S. Ichagarh, Village Baradih, District Seraikella Kharsawan, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Ms. Isha Mittal, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, A.P.P. ------ 02/17.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Ichagarh P.S. Case No. 23 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 15, 18 and 46 of N.D.P.S. Act, 2023, pending in the court of learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Seraikella. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case alleging of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land. She further submits that the land is not belonging to the petitioners and they are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition. She next submits that the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.80 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegation are there of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and is not belonging to the petitioners and they are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition and further co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A., in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 2026:JHHC:17540 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Seraikella, in connection with Ichagarh P.S. Case No. 23 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 19.06.2026