( 2026:JHHC:14031 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2041 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2041 of 2026 1. Santosh Ganjhu @ Santosh Kumar Bhokta, aged about 30 years, S/o Karu Ganjhu 2. Amirak Ganjhu, aged about 43 years, S/o Jagtu Ganjhu 3. Umesh Ganjhu, aged about 50 years, S/o Dalu Ganjhu @ Palu Ganjhu All residents of Village Bantha, P.O. & P.S. Kunda, Dist. Chatra … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Binod Kumar Dubey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ----- 02/11.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No.01 of 2026 dated 07.01.2026, registered for the offences under Sections 8, 27(a), 28, 29 and 30 of NDPS Act and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS Case, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and the allegations are made of cultivation of opium plant on the forest land. He further submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.17 of the application. He next submits that the prayer for anticipatory bail of five of the co-accused has been granted by this Court in A.B.A. No.1565 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. ( 2026:JHHC:14031 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2041 of 2026 5. Considering that the land is not belonging to the petitioners and that is of the Forest Department and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.17 of the application and the prayer for anticipatory bail of five of the co-accused has been granted by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, NDPS Case, Chatra in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No.01/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 11th May, 2026 Ajay/