2026:JHHC:19797 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3577 of 2026 ---- Surendra Mahto @ Surendra Kumar Mahato @ Surendra Kumar age about 38 years son of Babulal Mahato, resident of Village Kolhua PO Jori, PS Bashisthnagar, District Chatra, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Sanjay Kumar Thakur, Advocate For the State :- Mrs Rashmi Kumari, Advocate ---- 2/06.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.165 of 2025, 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 false allegations are made against the petitioner of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. He next submits that the petitioner is a poor villager. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and is not belonging to the petitioner and the petitioner is said to be a villager, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No.165 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 06.07.2026 SI/