( 2025:JHHC:35865 ) --1-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6765 of 2025 ---- Ankush@ Jatin Kumar, aged about 21 years, son of Jitendra Prasad @ Jitendra Kumar Saw, Resident of Village Toti Hesla, P.O Toti, P.S Bariyatu, District- Latehar .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand. .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Anupam Anand, Advocate :- Mr. Pranav Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Kumari Rashmi, A.P.P. ---- 02/01.12.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Simariya P.S Case No. 167 of 2024, for the alleged offences registered under Section 20 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotrophic Substances Act, 1985, pending in the Court of learned Additional Session Judge- III cum-Special Judge, NDPS, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and no contraband has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. He submits that from the apprehended person 3 kg ganja was recovered, the quantity of which is intermediary in nature. He further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 24. ( 2025:JHHC:35865 ) --2-- 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and there is allegation against the petitioner that he is the supplier of the said contraband. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement, and the contraband recovered from the apprehended person is intermediary in quantity and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned, Additional Session Judge-III cum-Special Judge, NDPS, Chatra in connection with Simariya P.S Case No. 167 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 01.12.2025 (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Abha/