2026:JHHC:8291 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.1096 of 2026 1. Rajendra Yadav, aged about 40 years, son of Bindeshwar @ Jatha Yadav, resident of Village Datami, P.O. and P.S. Hunterganj, District Chatra (Jharkhand) 2. Krishna Bhuiyan @Krishna Bharti, aged about 35 years, son of Bidesh Bhuiyan @ Bidesh Bharti 3. Vinod Bhuiyan @ Vinod Bharti, aged about 37 years, son of Late Vipat Bharti @ Bipat Bhuiyan Nos.2 and 3 are residents of Village Dundu, P.O. Baluri, P.S. Hunterganj, District Chatra (Jharkhand) …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Sahil, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agarwal, Spl. P.P. ------ 2/24.03.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioners and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.200 of 2024, registered for the offence under Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land. He next submits that the petitioners are nothing to do with the cultivation of poppy plant and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 11 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation of cultivation of poppy plants is there. 5. Considering that the forest is not belonging to the petitioners 2026:JHHC:8291 2 and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 11 of the petition, in that view of the matter, the petitioners above named are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and condition and sureties, as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 24.03.2026 R.Kumar