2026:JHHC:24864 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4681 of 2026 ------ Rajdeo Paswan, aged about 51 years, son of Late Lakhan Paswan, resident of Village At Paswan Tola, P.O. Gorhar, P.S. Gorhar, District Hazaribag, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Nitish Parth Sarthi, Advocate For the State : Ms. Anuradha Sahay, A.P.P. ------ 02/18.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 134 of 2024, registered for the offence under Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act and Section 33(c) of Bihar Amendment Act, 1989 pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation is made against the petitioner of construction of house on the forest land. He submits that the petitioner was constructing house on his own land and to buttress this argument, he refers to mutation record contained in Annexure 2. 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 thereof construction of house on the forest land. 5. Annexure 2 is the document which prima facie suggest that the land is of the petitioner and there is land dispute alleging that the petitioner was constructing house on the forest land, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag, in connection with Complaint Case No.134 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 18.08.2026 Anit Uploaded 20.08.2026