2026:JHHC:9236 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.1076 of 2026 ------ 1. Karan Yadav, son of Mun Yadav 2. Mani Yadav, son of Mun Yadav 3. Tukan Yadav, son of Basraj Yadav 4. Saroj Yadav, son of Chintaman Yadav 5. Nageshwar @ Nagendra Yadav, son of Chintaman Yadav 6. Ramjan Yadav @ Ramjanan Yadav, son of Late Rambail Yadav 7. Manoj Bharti @ Manoj Bhuiyan, son of Jagdish Bharti @ Jagdish Bhuiyan 8. Basudeo Kumar, son of Jugesh Bharti All petitioner nos. 1 to 8 are residents of Dari, P.O. and P.S. Kunda, District Chatra 9. Aklesh Bharti @ Akhlesh Bharti, son of Prasad Bharti, resident of Village Darii/ Nawada Sindari, P.O. and 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. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, A.P.P. ------ 02/01.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 51 of 2023, registered for the offence under Section 33(1)(c) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He submits that the land is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are not having criminal antecedents as disclosed in para 14 of the bail application. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are thereof cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is not belonging to the petitioners and that is of Forest Department and the petitioners are not having criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 14 of the bail application, and in that view of the matter, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 04.04.2026