SONU CHOUDHARY vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - SHIV SHANKAR KUMAR — A.B.A./3179/2026

Case under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Section 33(I),(C),IF,ACT. Disposed: Contested--Allowed on 19th June 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: JHHC010193242026

Filing Number

A.B.A./12694/2026

Filing Date

09-Jun-2026

Registration No

A.B.A./3179/2026

Registration Date

16-Jun-2026

Judge

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

Coram

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

FOREST ( 137 )

Sub-Category

Indian Forest Act ,1927 ( 1 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

19-Jun-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Allowed

Last updated 21-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Section 33(I),(C),IF,ACT

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SONU CHOUDHARY

    Adv. RAJESH KR SINGH

  2. 2.PRAKASH GANJHU

  3. 3.MAHENDRA GANJHU

  4. 4.GOPAL SINGH ALIAS KARU SINGH

  5. 5.SANOJ GANJHU ALIAS SANOJ KUMAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - SHIV SHANKAR KUMAR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 19-Jun-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar DwivediView PDF

    Case Summary: A.B.A. No. 3179 of 2026 The Jharkhand High Court granted anticipatory bail to five petitioners (Sonu Choudhary, Prakash Ganjhu, Mahendra Ganjhu, Gopal Singh, and Sanoj Ganjhu) facing charges under Section 33(1)(c) of the Indian Forest Act for alleged poppy cultivation on forest land. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi approved the bail based on their clean criminal records and the fact that the cultivated land belonged to the Forest Department, not the petitioners, ordering them to surrender within three weeks and furnish Rs. 25,000 bail bonds each with sureties. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 19-Jun-2026

    Fresh Filing (Admission)

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

  4. 09-Jun-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. A.B.A./3179/2026

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: A.B.A. No. 3179 of 2026 The Jharkhand High Court granted anticipatory bail to five petitioners (Sonu Choudhary, Prakash Ganjhu, Mahendra Ganjhu, Gopal Singh, and Sanoj Ganjhu) facing charges under Section 33(1)(c) of the Indian Forest Act for alleged poppy cultivation on forest land. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi approved the bail based on their clean criminal records and the fact that the cultivated land belonged to the Forest Department, not the petitioners, ordering them to surrender within three weeks and furnish Rs. 25,000 bail bonds each with sureties. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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