2026:JHHC:18325 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3273 of 2026 ---- 1.Pramod Yadav, aged about 60 years 2.Dilo Yadav aged about 57 years 3.Umesh Yadav, aged about 55 years 4.Manoj Yadav, aged about 44 years, all sons of Banshi Mahto @ Banshi Yadav, All are residents of Village Chainpur, Post Office Tikar, PS-Sadar, Dist. Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Ramchander Sahu, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Advocate ---- 2/23.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.829 of 2022, for offence registered under section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that false allegations are made against the petitioners of cultivation in the forest land. He next submits that even the plot number and khata number have not been disclosed in the offence report and the petitioners are the poor villagers. He next submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.16 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent State submits that the 2026:JHHC:18325 2 allegations are made of cultivation in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department, however, the description of the land has not been disclosed in the offence report and the petitioners are said to be villagers and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.16 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No.829 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 23.06.2026 SI/