--1-- Neutral Citation No. (2026:JHHC:14346) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2398 of 2026 ---- 1. Kishori Ganjhu, aged about 72 years, son of Chetlal Ganjhu 2. Golu Ganjhu, aged about 36 years, son of Jado Ganjhu Both are residents of village- Mandhaniya, P.O. and Police Station- 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. Bhola Nath Ojha, Spl.P.P. ---- 02/12.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Lawalong PS Case No.8 of 2026, for offence registered under section 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of the N.D.P.S. Act and Section 33 of Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Sessions Judge-cum- Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case alleging that the petitioners were doing cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He next submits that even the land is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.15 of the petition. He next submits that the co- accused has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.2135 of 2026. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivating poppy plant on the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and is not --2-- belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid and the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge-cum- Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra, in connection with Lawalong PS Case No.8 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 12.05.2026 Jay/