Neutral Citation No. 2026:JHHC:14151 p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2365 of 2026 1. Shyamlal Bhuiyan @ Shamlal Bhuiyan, aged about 48 years, Son of Dasrath Bhuiyan @ Dayal Bhuiyan 2. Amresh Bhuiyan @ Samresh Bhuiyan, aged about 35 years, son of Kuleshwar Bhuiyan, 3. Gautam Ravidas @ Gotam Kumar, aged about 21 years, son of Nandeo Ravidas, 4. Sanjog Ravidas, aged about 32 years, son of Rajesh Ravidas, 5. Uday Bhuiyan, aged about 45 years, son of Tana Bhuiyan, 6. Santosh Ravidas @ Santosh Mochi, aged about 34 years, son of Rajesh Ravidas All are residents of village- Barwadih, P.O & P.S. Lawaloung, District- Chatra, State Jharkhand ... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ... … Opposite Party --------- CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --------- For the Petitioners : Mr. Rohan Majumdar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kr. Pathak, A.P.P. --------- 02/ Dated: 11.05.2026 1. 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. 05 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 18, 27(a), 28, 29 and 30 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, 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 this case and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. Neutral Citation No. 2026:JHHC:14151 p. 2 He next submits that only on suspicion the petitioners have been implicated and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in paragraph 24 of this petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land. 5. Considering that the land belongs to the forest department and it does not belong to the petitioners and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 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 bond 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 P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) May 11, 2026 Pramanik/- Uploaded on 13/05/2026