2026:JHHC:22458 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4120 of 2026 ------ 1. Lalo Yadav @ Lalo Yadav, aged about 27 years, son of Ramlakhan Yadav @ Lakhan Yadav, resident of Village Nawadih, P.O. and P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra 2. Ajay Yadav @ Aaj Yadav @ Aaji Yadav @ Aajo Yadav, aged about 35 years, son of Muni Yadav, resident of Village Nawadih, P.O. and P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra 3. Sanjay Yadav, aged about 53 years, son of Jhakhari Yadav @ Jhakhru Yadav, resident of Village Nawadih, P.O. and P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra 4. Badhan Yadav, aged about 53 years, son of Naraku Yadav, resident of Village Nawadih, P.O. and P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra 5. Birendra Yadav, aged about 48 years, son of Bholtan Yadav @ Bhultan Yadav, resident of Village Nawadih, P.O. and P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Divyansh Krishna, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Chatterjee, Special P.P. ------ 02/29.07.2026 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. 152 of 2021 corresponding to Offence Report No.4567 dated 29.01.2021, registered for the offence under Section 33(1)(c) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Sub Divisional 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 further submits that the petitioners are the poor villagers having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 8 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. 2026:JHHC:22458 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and that is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are said to be the villagers having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 8 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 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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 152 of 2021 corresponding to Offence Report No.4567 dated 29.01.2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 29.07.2026 Anit Uploaded 30.07.2026