( 2026:JHHC:26647 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 5005 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5005 of 2026 1. Prem Kumar @ Prem Ganjhu, aged about 34 years, son of Baleshwar Ganjhu, resident of Village- Kojrm, P.O. & P.S. Kunda, District- Chatra 2. Sunil Kumar @ Sunil Ganjhu, aged about 28 years, son of Phaudar Ganjhu @ Phodar Ganjhu @ Podar Ganjhu, resident of Village Kojrm, P.O. & P.S. Kunda, District- Chatra … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Anupam Anand, Advocate Mr. Pranav Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. ----- 02/03.09.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.91 of 2026, registered for the offence under Section 33(i)(c) of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, pending in the Court of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He next submits that the petitioners are villagers and they are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land. On these grounds, he submits that the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:26647 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 5005 of 2026 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and that is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are villagers and they are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra in connection with Complaint Case No.91 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 3rd September, 2026 Ajay/