2025:JHHC:11745 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2442 of 2025 Gunja Devi, W/o Shri Bihari Thakur, R/o village Sarbghanga, PO: Sarbhanga, PS Mahgama, Disgtrict Godda, Jharkhand ….. Petitioner(s). Versus The State of Jharkhand ….. Opposite Party ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the petitioner(s) : Mr. Sumit Prakash, Advocate For State : Mrs. Vandana Bharti, APP ----- 02/21.04.2025: This is an application filed by the petitioner praying for grant of anticipatory bail in terms of sections 482 and 484 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, as the petitioner has been allegedly implicated in a criminal case registered for the offences punishable under sections 20(b)(ii)B/22 of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985, pending in the court of learned Principal, District and Sessions Judge, Godda. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State. 3. The learned APP opposes for prayer for anticipatory bail. 4. The petitioner is the mother of the main accused. It is the case that the motorcycle in which 2 kg 400 gram Ganja was being transported belongs to this petitioner who is a lady and mother of the main accused. 5. Considering the fact that the petitioner is a lady and mother of the main accused and only the motorcycle was registered in her name by her son who is the main accused, I am inclined to release this petitioner on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the court below within four weeks from today and in the event of her surrender/arrest the learned court below is directed to enlarge her on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Principal, District and Sessions Judge, Godda in connection with Mahagama PS Case No. 102/2024, subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be close relative of the 2025:JHHC:11745 petitioner and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in his/ her name or in the name of his/her ancestors in which he/she is having share and to that effect, he/she has to file an affidavit before the learned trial court indicating his /her share in the property. (ANANDA SEN, J. ) KNR/