[ 2026:JHHC:14994] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2598 of 2026 Maheshwar Ganjhu @ Mahendra Ganjhu, aged about 41 years, S/o Briksha Ganjhu, R/o Vill- Mari Padram, P.O. & P.S.- Herhanj, Dist.- Latehar, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Ms. Manisha Kumari, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rajneesh Vardhan, A.P.P. ------ 04/ 14.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Herhanj P.S. Case No. 08 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 17, 18 and 29 of NDPS Act, pending in the court of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation is made against the petitioner of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. She next submits that the said land is not belonging to this petitioner. She further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition. She also submits that in the similar circumstance, the other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. Nos. 2468 and 2469 of 2026 by this court. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of the poppy plant in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of forest department and the [ 2026:JHHC:14994] -2- petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition and further in the similar circumstance, the other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.As. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Latehar, in connection with Herhanj P.S. Case No. 08 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-14.05.2026 Amitesh/-