(2025 : JHHC:22039) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 6439 of 2025 Chaitan Puran, son of Late Bhutan Puran, aged about 44 years, resident of Village- Bodhdih, P.O. & P.S.- Tamar, District- Ranchi. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand …. Opp. Party ------ CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioner : Ms. Nanda Kumari, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Vishwanath Roy, A.P.P. ----- 2/ 06.08.2025 Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with Tamar P.S. Case No. 17 of 2025 corresponding to N.D.P.S. Case No. 42 of 2025 for the offences registered under Sections 18(c) of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Commissioner-cum-Special Judge, NDPS, Ranchi. 3. On 28.01.2025 at about 6.00 am, Tamar Police destructed opium cultivation at Village-Bodhdih Forest area. The petitioner and co- accused Ramesh Puran were apprehended while they were attending the poppy field. 4. It was submitted that co-accused Ramesh Puran has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide B.A. No. 3454 of 2025 and the case of the petitioner stands on similar footing. 5. In view of the submission made above, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Commissioner cum Special Judge (NDPS), Ranchi, in connection with Tamar P.S. Case No. 17 of 2025 corresponding to NDPS Case No. 42 of 2025. (Ambuj Nath, J.) R.Kr.