[2026:JHHC:11497] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1785 of 2026 1. Md. Aslam Miyan @ Md. Aslam, age 53 years old, son of Dukhi Miyan, resident of village Nawadih, P.O. & P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra. 2. Md Naushad age 43 years old son of Manan Miyan, resident of Village Kathaun, P.O. & P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra. 3. Bhola Ganjhu age 41 years old son of Dukhi Miyan 4. Gaju Ganjhu age 23 years old son of Chaudhari Ganjhu 5. Butay Baiga age 35 years old son of Keshar Baiga 6. Kamal Ganjhu age 41 years old son of Tetar Ganjhu Petitioner No 3 to 6 are resident of village Kubba, P.O. & P.S. Pratappur, District Chatra. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand. ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Sabyasanchi, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 20.04.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Criminal Misc. Case No. 148 of 2017, registered for the offences under Section 33(1)(c) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that false allegation is made against the petitioners of cultivation of poppy [2026:JHHC:11497] -2- plant in the forest land. He next submits that the said land is not belonging to these petitioners. He further submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-14 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of the poppy plant in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of forest department and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-14 of the petition, 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.) Dated:-20.04.2026 Amitesh/-