2026:JHHC:24567 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 4630 of 2026 ---- 1.Chanarik Ganjhu @ Chandrika Kumar, aged about 28 yrs, son of Lakhan Ganjhu, resident of Village Soharlat PO and PS Kunda, District Chatra 2.Kaila Ganjhu @ Kail Ganjhu, aged about 75 years, son of late Dewa Ganjhu, resident of Village Soharlat, PO and PS Kunda, District Chatra 3.Kalendra Ganjhu @ Kalendar Singh Bhokta, aged about 40 years, son of late Lalji Ganjhu, resident of Village Soharlat, PO and PS Kunda, District Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Sushand Kr. Sinha, Advocate For the State :- Mr. P.D. Agarwal, Advocate ---- 2/14.08.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.277 of 2026, for offence registered under section 33(1)(C) of Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that although the allegations are made against the petitioners of cultivation of poppy plant and the land is not belonging to the petitioners and the 2026:JHHC:24567 2 petitioners are the poor villagers having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.18 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are said to be the villagers having no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No.277 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 14.08.2026 SI/