( 2025:JHHC:24002 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4501 of 2025 Bablu Singh, aged about 30 years, son of late Arjun Singh, resident of village Tikuliya, P.O. and P.S. Lawalong, District-Chatra ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Rajesh Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State : Shree Prakash Jha, A.P.P. 02/ 18.08.2025: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No. 06/2022, registered under sections 18/27(a)/28/29 of NDPS Act, pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, NDPS Case, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that false allegation of cultivation of opium plant in forest area has been made and the petitioner has no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. He submits that co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 2810 of 2023 by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegation of cultivation of opium is there. 5. Considering that petitioner has no criminal antecedent and co- accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 2810 of 2023 by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, NDPS Case, Chatra, in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No. 06/2022, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-