2026:JHHC:28149 --1-- A.B.A. No. 5184 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5184 of 2026 ---- 1. Chandar Yadav, age about 72 years, S/o Baddu Yadav, R/o village – Sijua, PO and PS – Pratappur, District – Chatra 2. Jagdish Yadav, age about 62 years, S/o Rupan Yadav, R/o village – Raksi, PO and PS – Vashi Jori, District – Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Sanjay Kr. Thakur, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Prabir Kr. Chatterjee, Advocate ---- 02/17.09.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.77 of 2025 for the alleged offences registered under Section 33(1)(c) of Indian Forest Act pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that falsely the petitioners have been implicated in this case alleging that the petitioners were indulged in cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He further submits that the petitioners are villagers and they have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.10 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer 2026:JHHC:28149 --2-- A.B.A. No. 5184 of 2026 and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants 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 villagers and they have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.10 of the petition, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the 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 the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra in connection with Complaint Case No.77 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 17.09.2026 Sangam/