2026:JHHC:14816 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2532 of 2026 ------ Rajendra Ganjhu, aged about 24 years, Son of Kunwari Ganjhu, resident of Village Shrisamad, Tola Belwatikar, P.O. and P.S. Bariyatu, District Latehar, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vishwanath Roy, Special P.P. ------ 02/14.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No.15 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 15, 18 and 25 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 cultivating the poppy plants in the forest area. He submits that even the land is not belonging to the petitioner. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 17 of the petition. He next submits that in identical situation six co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.2935 of 2025 and A.B.A. No.4387 of 2025. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegation is made against the petitioner of cultivating the poppy plants. 5. Considering that in identical situation six co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.As. and the land in question is said to be of the forest area and the petitioner has denied that he has done the poppy plant cultivation in that area and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 17 of the petition, 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 2026:JHHC:14816 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 Special Judge NDPS, Latehar in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No.15 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 15.05.2026