IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.5132 of 2025 Shailesh Kumar Singh, aged about 58 years, Son of Late Vikramaditya Singh, resident of House No.-314/3, Indrapuri, Road No.1, Ashiana Nagar, P.O- Bihar Veterinary College & P.S-Sastri Nagar, District-Patna, State-Bihar, 800023. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand through CID … Opp. Party With ABA No.5698 of 2025 Bimal Kumar Agarwal, aged about 53 years, son of Shri Bir Kumar Agarwal, resident of South City Residents, Tower-I, 6J, 375, Prince Anwar Shah Road, Near South City Mall, Jodhpur Park, PO Jodhpur Park, PS Jadavpur, District Kolkata- 700068, (West Bengal).

…. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand through CID … Opp. Party --------

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------

For the Petitioner : Mr. Indrajit Sinha, Advocate Mr. Raja Ravi Shekhar Singh, Advocate Mrs. Sneh Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Mirnal Kanti Roy, APP ------

2/16.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioners and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State.

2. These petitions are arising out of the same FIR, in view of that, these petitions are heard together with the consent of the parties.

3. The petitioners are having the apprehension of being arrested in CID P.S. Case No.04/2025 dated 09.01.2025, registered under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30 and 63 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, pending in the Court of learned Additional Judicial Commissioner, XVIII cum Special Judge, CID, Ranchi.

4. The FIR has been registered alleging therein that as per the prosecution case, CID P.S. Case No. 04/2025 dated 09.01.2025 was registered pursuant to a detailed complaint lodged by the Forest Divisional Officer, Bokaro Forest Division, Bokaro alleging a land fraud concerning approximately 95.65 acres of forest land located in Mouza Tetulia, P.S. Chas, District Bokaro. It is alleged that accused persons namely Izhar Hussain, Akhtar Hussain, and their associates, in conspiracy with public servants, illegally claimed ownership over protected forest land by fabricating and using forged documents particularly a sale certificate purportedly issued in 1933 which was never found in official records. These forged documents were allegedly used to mutate the land and sell it to various parties, including M/s Umaayush Multicom Pvt. Ltd.

(i) The prosecution case arises out of a large-scale land scam involving approximately 95.65 acres of forest land located in Mouza Tetulia, P.S. Chas, District Bokaro, which includes Plot Nos. 426 and 450. The said land was originally declared a private protected forest in 1947, and subsequently notified as protected forest land by the Bihar Government vide notification dated 24.05.1958. In 1962, the land was transferred for use to the Hindustan Steel Limited (now Bokaro Steel Plant, BSL) but was never formally returned to the Forest Department.

(ii) In or around 2012, accused persons Izhar Hussain and Akhtar Hussain, under an alleged criminal conspiracy, fabricated documents claiming to be descendants of one Sameer Mahat @ Sameer Mahato @ Sameeruddin Ansari, who they falsely claimed had acquired the land through auction in 1933. These documents included a dubious auction sale certificate and a hibbanama (gift deed) allegedly executed by their grandfather. On the basis of these documents, they fraudulently secured mutation orders and correction letters, despite the fact that at the time of the alleged auction, the purported purchaser was only 9 years old.

(iii) The fraud was facilitated by the Anchal Adhikari of Chas, who issued mutation orders without lawful authority. The matter was flagged by the Divisional Forest Officer and investigated by a three- member government committee, which confirmed the forged nature of documents, the non-cultivated status of the land, and no possession by the accused.

(iv) Despite this, the forged title was used by Izhar and Akhtar Hussain to execute a registe