2026:JHHC:24838 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4677 of 2026 ------ 1. Deocharan Ganjhu, aged about 39 years, son of Mahadev Ganjhu 2. Duleshwar Ganjhu, aged about 46 years, son of Namdhari Ganjhu @ Narayan Ganjhu 3. Dashrat Ganjhu aged about 34 years, son of Late Mahadev Ganjhu All above resident of Village Karamo, P.O. Kurkheta, P.S. B. Nagar Jori, District Chatra .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Manish Yadav, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Chatterjee, Special P.P. ------ 02/18.08.2026 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.1116 of 2021, registered for the offence under Section 33(1)(C) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case alleging that the petitioners were involved in cultivation of poppy plant and the petitioners happen to be the villagers having no criminal antecedent 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 that is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are said to be the villagers having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1116 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 18.08.2026 Anit Uploaded 20.08.2026