( 2026:JHHC:2978 ) --1-- A.B.A. No. 6264 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6264 of 2025 ---- Pankaj Kumar Das @ Pankaj Das, Son of Gangadhar Das, aged about 27 years, Resident of Village-Nichitpur Dhoria, P.O. & P.S.-Govindpur, District-Dhanbad, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Sarthak Choudhary, Advocate Mr. Afaque Rashidi, Advocate Ms. Aulia Begum, Advocate Mr. Kumar Nitish, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, Spl.P.P. ---- 03/04.02.2026 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 Govindpur P.S. Case No. 280 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) pending in the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that only because the motorcycle in question belongs to the petitioner, he has been falsely implicated in the case. He next submits that nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and the allegations are made that 5.524 kgs of cannabis was found near the said motorcycle in a bag. He also submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.9 of the petition. ( 2026:JHHC:2978 ) --2-- A.B.A. No. 6264 of 2025 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the motorcycle was of the petitioner and a bag containing 5.524 kgs of cannabis was found nearby said motorcycle. 5. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No. 9 and on query made by the Court, the learned counsel appearing for the State has also submitted that the case diary and counter affidavit are silent on the point of criminal antecedent. The said recovery has not been made from the possession of the petitioner and the said recovered cannabis is intermediary in quantity, I am inclined to provide 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 the learned Sessions Judge, Dhanbad in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 280 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 04.02.2026 Nandini/ Uploaded on: 07.02.2026