( 2025:JHHC:23573 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 7019 of 2025 Ganga Munda, aged about 44 years, son of Late Lutu Munda, resident of House No. 42, Village- Kenabhitha, P.O. & P.S.- Bero, District- Ranchi. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand …. Opp. Party ------ CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. D.K. Chakraverty, Advocate Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. ----- 2/ 13.08.2025 Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with Bero P.S. Case No. 11 of 2025(N) corresponding to N.D.P.S. Case No. 88 of 2025, for the offences registered under Section 18(C) of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, N.D.P.S., Ranchi. 3. On 07.02.2025, Bero Police on the basis of secret information that poppy was cultivated near Sakhua forest at Village- Kenabhitha, raided the place and destroyed poppy cultivation. The petitioner was apprehended from the place of occurrence. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that merely because the petitioner was passing nearby the place of occurrence, he has been made an accused in this case. 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 Special Judge, N.D.P.S., Ranchi, in connection with Bero P.S. Case No. 11 of 2025 (N) corresponding to N.D.P.S. Case No. 88 of 2025. (Ambuj Nath, J.) R.Kr.