2026:JHHC:20378 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3694 of 2026 ---- Ashok Senapati, aged 53 years, son of Nityananda Senapati, resident of Village Kapadiha, Ratila, PO and pS Badaratila, District Mayurbhanj, Odisha .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. P.A.S. Pati, Advocate Mrs.Vani Kumari, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Advocate ---- 2/09.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Gurabanda PS Case No.13 of 2025, for offence registered under section 305, 317, 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and section 33 of Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ghatshila. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner is driver of Pik-up van and the allegations are made of carrying nine pieces of wooden logs of the forest. He next submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and he has nothing to do with the said wooden logs and in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that serious allegations are there. 5. The petitioner is the driver of the said pik-up van and it is alleged that nine pieces of wooden logs were being carried and due to such type of crime, there is direct impact on the environment, and in the attending facts and circumstances of the instant case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner, and as such, the prayer for anticipatory bail is, hereby, rejected, and consequently, this anticipatory bail application being A.B.A. No.3694 of 2026 is, hereby, dismissed. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 09.07.2026 SI/