2026:JHHC:13593 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2135 of 2026 ---- Prasad Yadav, aged about 29 years, son of Munesh Yadav, resident of Village Sikni, PO and PS Lawaloung, District Chatra .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Akash Deep, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Prabir Kr Chatterjee, Advocate ---- 2/06.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Lawalong PS Case No.8 of 2026, for offence registered under section 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Section 33 of Indian Forest Act, 1927, pending in court of learned Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case alleging that the petitioner was doing cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He next submits the even the land is not belonging to the petitioner and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.5 of the petition. He next submits that the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.2006 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 2026:JHHC:13593 2 and is not belonging to the petitioner and the petitioner has 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 petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in 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 like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned 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.) 06.05.2026 SI/