2025:JHHC:14797 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2741 of 2025 1. Arvind Prasad @ Arbind Prasad, S/o Umesh Prasad, R/o village Kushwatand, PO and PS Pratappur, District Chhatra, Jharkhand. 2.Antu Singh, S/o Ramdas Singh, R/o village Kundilpur, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamau, Jharkhand 3. Rajkumar Singh, S/o Sahdev Singh, R/o village Kundilpur Tola Birhori, PO and PS Manatu District Palamu, Jharkhand. 4. Suryadev Yadav, S/o Raghu Yadav, R/o Village Masuriya, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand 5. Vinay Singh, S/o Badu Singh, R/o village Kundilpur Tola Birhori, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand 6. Jimedar Singh @ Jimedar, S/o Bechu Singh, R/o village Kundilpur, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand. ….. Petitioner (s) Versus The State of Jharkhand ….OP(s). CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the petitioner(s) : Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Advocate For the State : Ms. Nehala Sharmin, SPP ----- 02/09.06.2025: This is an application filed by the petitioners praying for grant of anticipatory bail in terms of sections 482 and 484 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, as the petitioners have been allegedly implicated in connection with Manatu PS Case No. 20 of 2025 giving rise to NDPS Case No. 14 of 2025, for the offences punishable under sections 8B, 18B, 29 of NDPS Act, 1985 and 33 of Indian Forest Act, 1927, pending in the court of learned Sessions Judge, Palamau. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the State. 3. The learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 4. Petitioners were illegally cultivating poppy on the forest land. 5. Considering the nature of allegations, this Court does not find this case fit for grant of anticipatory bail. 6. Hence, the present anticipatory bail application is dismissed. (ANANDA SEN, J. ) KNR/