2025:JHHC:27176 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5117 of 2025 1.Atwa Mundu @ Ram Sahay Mundu @ Ramsai Mundu aged about 40 years son of late Dobo Mundu @ Lodro Mundu 2.Birsa Mundu aged about 32 years son of Rana Mundu 3.Dowari Bodra aged about 47 years son of Goga Bodra, All resident of Village Karika PO Sawaniya PS Bandgaon Dist.Singhbhum West,Jharkhand .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. R.P. Gupta, Advocate For the State :- Mr. B.N. Ojha, Advocate ------------ 2/08.09.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending his arrest in connection with Bandgaon PS Case No.7 of 2025, for offence registered under section 8(b)/18 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, pending in court of learned Sessions Judge, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that there are general and omnibus allegations made against petitioners of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest area. He submits that petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 8 and the petitioners are not named in the FIR and name of the petitioners has come later on, on the confessional statement of co- accused namely Dansha Munda and the petitioners have nothing to do with the said cultivation and land is also not belonging to petitioners and petitioners are maintaining their livelihood by way of doing labour work. 4. Leaned counsel for the respondent State opposes the prayer and submits that allegation of cultivation of poppy plant is there. 5. Considering the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent and not named in the FIR and the name of the petitioners has come on confessional statement of coaccused person and even the land has been denied by the petitioners, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa, in connection with Bandgaon PS Case No.7 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) SI/