2026:JHHC:21784 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3972 of 2026 ---- 1.Rajesh Yadav @ Rajesh Kumar Yadav @ Rajesh Kr. Yadav, aged about 44 years, 2.Munnalal Yadav, aged about 54 years. Both are sons of Tejan Mahato, residents of Khanudih, PO and PS Baghmara, District Dhanbad ... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, Advocate ---- 2/23.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.19975 of 2025, for offence registered under section 30(a), 30(c), 52, 64, 33(a), 33(b), 33(c) of Indian Forest Act, 1927, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and the allegations are made that one JCB Machine was being used in the forest for clearing the forest area for illegal mining. He next submits that the driver-cum-JCB Machine Operator has taken the name of these petitioners and the fact remains that these petitioners are not the owners of the said JCB Machine which has been stated in paragraph no.7 of the petition. He also submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.14 of the 2026:JHHC:21784 2 petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the driver-cum-JCB Machine Operator of the said JCB Machine has taken the name of the petitioners and in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. In paragraph no.7 of the petition it has been stated that the petitioners are not the owners of the said JCB Machine whereas the driver-cum-JCB Machine operator of the said JCB machine has taken the name of the petitioners and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to both the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, both the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, both 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, Dhanbad, in connection with Complaint Case No.19975 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 23.07.2026 SI/