2026:JHHC:14349 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2409 of 2026 ------ 1. Mukesh Ganjhu, aged about 46 years, son of Hari Ganjhu 2. Triveni Ganjhu, aged about 38 years, son of Gango Ganjhu 3. Ramesh Ganjhu, aged about 25 years, son of Gango Ganjhu 4. Nanku Ganjhu, aged about 48 years, son of Bineshar Ganjhu 5. Sanjay Ganjhu, aged about 28 years, son of Nanku Ganjhu 6. Samat Ganjhu, aged about 28 years, son of Bineshar Ganjhu All are residents of Village Ichahar, P.O. and P.S. Lawalong, District Chatra .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Chatterjee, Special P.P. ------ 02/12.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No.12 of 2026 dated 11.03.2026, registered for the offence under Sections 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of the NDPS Act and Section 33 of Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of the learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits that the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land. He next submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 21 of this application. He also submits that the co accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No.2300 of 2026 and A.B.A. No.2307 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and that is not belonging to the petitioners and further, the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 21 of this application and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.As. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, 2026:JHHC:14349 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 Cases, Chatra in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No.12 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 13.05.2026