2026:JHHC:22287 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4130 of 2026 ------ 1. Dukhan Ganjhu, aged about 55 years, son of Lilamani Ganjhu 2. Namin Bharti @ Navin Bharti, aged about 33 years, son of Chhedi Bharti 3. Chanarik Bhuiyan @ Chanarik Bharti, aged about 41 years, son of Chhedi Bharti All residents of Village Kojram, P.O. Kunda, P.S. Kunda, District Chatra .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Anupam Anand, Advocate Mr. Pranav Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Chatterjee, Special P.P. ------ 02/28.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 278 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 33(1)(c) of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He next submits that the petitioners are the poor villagers having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 19 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant. 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are said to be the villagers having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 19 of the petition, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and in the 2026:JHHC:22287 event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond 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. 278 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 28.07.2026 Anit Uploaded 29.07.2026