2026:JHHC:1709 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 336 of 2026 1. Sambhu Yadav, aged about 45 years, son of late Raghu Yadav, resident of Panchayat – Sikid, P.O. – Jori, P.S.- Chatra, District- Chatra. 2. Dablu Yadav @ Dabblu Kumar Yadav, aged about 30 years, son of Indo Yadav, resident of Panchayat- Sikid, P.O. – Jori, P.S.- Chatra, District- Chatra. …Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Shashikant Jaiswal, Advocate For the State : Mr. Naveen Kumar Ganjhu, A.P.P. ----- 02/22.01.2026 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. 1201 of 2020, registered for the offence under Section 33 of Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submit that thepetitioners have been falsely implicated in this case alleging that the poppy plant was being cultivated in the forest land. He further submits that the land is not belonging to the petitioners. He next submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 8 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. 5. It transpires that the land is of the Forest Department and the same is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedents. 2026:JHHC:1709 2 6. In that view of the matter, the petitioners 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 as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. 7. Accordingly, this application is disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 22nd January, 2026 Vedanti/-