IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 10865 of 2024 ------- Rosan Kujur, aged about 26 years, son of Rama Kujur, R/o Village Huringdag, P.O. & P.S. Namkum, District Ranchi, Jharkhand. …... …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. …. Opp. Party With B.A. No. 176 of 2025 ------- Subodh Ekka, aged about 43 years, son of Junas Ekka, R/o village Huringdag, P.O. & P.S. Namkum, District Ranchi, Jharkhand. …... …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. …. Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH -------- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Suraj Kishore Prasad, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, A.P. P. -------- 03/ Dated 24.01.2025 Heard the parties. Both these bail applications arise out of the same police case and accordingly, these bail applications are being disposed of by this common order. The petitioners have been made accused in connection with Dhurwa (Tipudana) P.S. Case No. 116 of 2024, N.D.P.S. Case No.54 of 2024(S) / N.D.P.S. Case No.117 of 2024, for the offences registered under Sections 15(C), 18(C), 22 & 25 of N.D.P.S. Act, pending in the court of Sri Diwakar Pandey, learned Judicial Commissioner at Ranchi / Sri Sachindra Birua, learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-XI at Ranchi. On 24.03.2024, Dhurwa Police on the basis of confidential information raided the house of several accused persons, including the petitioners. On search, 03 kgs of poppy husk were recovered from the house of Rosan Kujur, while 2.5 kgs of poppy husk were recovered from Subodh Ekka. 18 kgs each of poppy husks were recovered from two fields allegedly belonging to the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the quantum of contraband, seized from the house of the petitioners comes within the purview of intermediary quantity. It was further submitted that there is no material to show -2- that the fields from where poppy husks were recovered belonged to the petitioners and they have got no criminal antecedents. It was finally submitted that similarly situated co-accused Ranjeet Ekka has been granted bail by this Court earlier. In view of the submission made above, I am inclined to release the petitioners, on bail. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of Sri Diwakar Pandey, learned Judicial Commissioner at Ranchi / Sri Sachindra Birua, learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-XI at Ranchi, in connection with Dhurwa (Tipudana) P.S. Case No. 116 of 2024, N.D.P.S. Case No.54 of 2024(S) / N.D.P.S. Case No.117 of 2024. (Ambuj Nath, J.) BS/-