2026:JHHC:1094 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 136 of 2026 ---- 1.Virendra Ganjhu, aged about 32 years son of Suresh Ganjhu, resident of Village Kolhamalhan Tola Pindarwadobha PO Gerua PS Pratappur, District Chatra 2.Banaudhi Ganjhu, aged about 70 years son of Pusan Ganjhu @ Parshan Ganjhu resident of Village Kolhmalhan Tola, Pindarwadobha, PO Gerua, PS Pratappur, District Chatra 3.Deva Ganjhu @ Deva Ganjhuy aged about 38 years son of Budhan Ganjhu, resident of Village Kolhmalhan Tola, Pindarwadobha, PO Gerua, PS Pratappur, District Chatra 4.Kuldip Ganjhu aged about 37 years son of Kuleshwar Ganjhu, resident of Village Kolhmalhan Tola, Pindarwadobha, PO Gerua, PS Pratappur, District Chatra 5.Shree Yadav @ Bifan Yadav, aged about 36 years son of Bhuneshvar Yadav, resident of Village Kolhmalhan Tola, Pindarwadobha, PO Gerua, PS Pratappur District Chatra 6.Birendra Yadav, aged about 72 years son of Mathura Yadav, resident of Village Kolhmalhan Tola Pindarwadhobha, PO Gerua, PS Pratappur, District Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Sushant Kr Sinha, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Manoj Kr Mishra, Advocate ---- 2/15.01.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.36 of 2018, for offence registered under section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that false allegations are made against the petitioners of cultivation of poppy 2026:JHHC:1094 2 plant in forest land and even the land is not belonging to the petitioners and further the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.17 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is not belonging to the petitioners and that is of the forest department and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within four weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint Case No.36 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 15.01.2026 SI/