2026:JHHC:19067 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3487 of 2026 ---- 1.Basudeo Ganjhu, aged about 57 years son of Mana Ganjhu 2.Jitan Ganjhu aged about 36 years son of Brinda Ganjhu 3.Bilesh Ganjhu, aged about 55 years, son of Mana Ganjhu 4.Diwali Ganjhu aged about 34 years, son of Fagu Ganjhu 5.Akhilesh Ganjhu aged about 33 years son of Budhan Ganjhu 6.Bijay Bhuiyan aged about 38 yeas son of Sonari Bhuiyan All are residents of Village Sardam, Tola Bandhudih, PO Jori PS Bashistha Nagar, Dist. Chatra .... Petitioner -- 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. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Advocate ---- 2/30.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.164 of 2024, for offence registered under section 33(1)(C ) of Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case alleging that the petitioners were indulged in cultivation of poppy plants in forest land and the petitioners are the villagers and he next submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.15 of 2026:JHHC:19067 2 the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants in forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and the same is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are said to be villagers and they are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to 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, 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.164 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 30.06.2026 SI/