(1.) THIS State has preferred this appeal against the judgment passed by the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Khunti, in Case No. F. 32 of 1997 (T.R. No. 276 of 1999) acquitting the respondents no. 1 to 4 from the charges for the offences under Sections 41 and 42 of the Indian Forest Act and Section 2 of the Forest Conservation Act, for which they were tried.
(2.) HEARD the counsel for the appellant and the counsel for the respondents.