RANCHI, India, Nov. 2 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Oct. 6:

1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.44/2021, registered for the offence under Section 33(c) of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chatra.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the allegations are made that the petitioner and other persons were ploughing 1 acre of land of the Forest Department for cultivation of poppy plants. He further submits that false allegations are made and even the land is not of the petitioner. He then sub...