[2026:JHHC:18694] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3330 of 2026 1. Adesh Mahto @ Adesh Kumar, aged about 28 years son of Govind Mahto 2. Umesh Kumar @ Umesh Mahto, aged about 29 years son of Kuleshwar Mahto 3. Rajdev Ganjhu aged about 53 years son of Badho Ganjhu 4. Jagdev Kumar aged about 41 years son of Gandauri Ganjhu All are residents of village - Belgada, P.O. and police 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. B. Shastri, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 25.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 495 of 2026, registered for the offence under 33(1)(C) of Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that false allegation is made against the petitioners of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. He next submits that the said land is not belonging to these petitioners. He further submits that the petitioners are poor villagers and having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of the [2026:JHHC:18694] -2- poppy plant in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of forest department and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition and further the petitioners are said to be the poor villagers and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 495 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-25.06.2026 Amitesh/-