Neutral Citation No. (2026:JHHC:14769) --1-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1028 of 2026 ---- Shoaib Akhtar @ Shoaib @ Chhotu, aged about 25 years, S/o Md. Matin @ Md. Mateen, R/o Ansar Mohalla, Dakshin Pelawal, P.O.- Pelawal, P.S.- Pelawal, O.P.- Katkamsandi, District- Hazaribag .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Awanish Ranjan Mishra, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Pankaj Kumar, P.P. ---- 03/13.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Katkamsandi P.S. Case No.80 of 2025, for offence registered under sections 18(b), 21 (a), 22(a) and 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending in court of learned Principal District & Sessions Judge-cum- Special Judge, NDPS Act, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that name of the petitioner has come only on the confessional statement and petitioner has nothing to do with the brown sugar, which has been recovered from the possession of Md. Surfuddin. He next submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para- 12 of the petition. On these grounds, he also submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the witnesses have stated that the petitioner has fled away from the spot and the apprehended accused has taken the name of the petitioner, saying that he has fled away. He also submits that Neutral Citation No. (2026:JHHC:14769) --2-- the petitioner’s conduct is not good as he has misled the Investigating Officer and he has produced the medical certificate which was found to be forged one and that has come in paragraph- 24 of the case diary. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that it is a case of brown sugar, the name of the petitioner may have come on the confessional statement but the person who has confessed as stated that the petitioner was also present and he has fled away. In para-24 of the case diary it has come that the petitioner has produced a medical prescription to the Investigating Officer which was found to be forged. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 13.05.2026 Jay/