[2025:JHHC:27577] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5230 of 2025 Birsingh Sardar aged about 37 years son of Vrishapti Sardami resident of Village Palobedha, P.O. Hudu, P.S. Kandra, District- Seraikella (Kharsawan). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Rohit Agarwal, Advocate. For the State : Mr. P.K. Chatterjee, A.P.P. ------ 07/ 10.09.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kandra P.S. Case No. 17 of 2022, registered for the alleged offence under Section 18(b) of the NDPS Act, pending in the Court of learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Seraikella. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the false allegation is made of cultivation of opium in the land in question and even the land is not of the petitioner. He submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-18 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the villagers have taken the name of the petitioner. 5. Considering that the land in question has been denied by the petitioner and allegations are there of cultivation of opium and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-18 of the petition, I am inclined to provide the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from [2025:JHHC:27577] -2- today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Seraikella, in connection with Kandra P.S. Case No. 17 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Amitesh/-