2026:JHHC:24354 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4532 of 2026 ------ 1. Sudhir Bhuian, aged about 30 years, son of Dimagi Bhuian, resident of Village Pali, P.O. Pandeypura, P.S. Hunterganj, District Chatra 2. Brahmdeo Bhuiyan, aged about 73 years, son of Kailu Bhuiyan, resident of Village Dundu, P.O. Pandeypura, P.S. Hunterganj, District Chatra 3. Aklesh Bhuiyan @ Akhilesh Bhuiyan, aged about 31 years, son of Banshi Bhuiyan, resident of Village Pali, P.O. Pandeypura, P.S. Hunterganj, District Chatra .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Ms. Kehkashan Afsheen, Advocate For the State : Mr. S.K. Tiwari, Special P.P. ------ 02/ 14.08.2026 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.201 of 2024, registered for the offence under Section 33(1)(C) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. She submits that the petitioners are the poor villagers and having no criminal antecedents as disclosed in para 12 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 on the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and not belonging to the petitioners and petitioners are said to be the villagers and they are having no criminal antecedents as disclosed in para 12 of the 2026:JHHC:24354 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 three 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 201 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 14.08.2026 Anit Uploaded 18.08.2026