[2026:JHHC:3414] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 697 of 2026 Harprit @ Harprit Singh, aged about - 47 yrs, S/o - Balkar Singh, R/o- Village - Meerpur, Manupur, P.O. Adampur, P.S. Fatehgarh Sahib, District - Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Binod Kumar Dubey, Advocate. For the State : Mr. V.K. Vshishtha, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 09.02.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hunterganj P.S. Case No. 206 of 2022, registered for the offence under Sections 18(b), 28 and 29 of the NDPS Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I (NDPS Spl. Judge), Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused and nothing has been recovered from him. He next submits that the co-accused persons, from them, the opium was recovered, have already been granted regular bail in B.A. Nos. 13917 of 2022 and 51 of 2023 by the co-ordinate bench. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the basis of confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on the [2026:JHHC:3414] -2- basis of confessional statement and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition and further the co-accused, from whose possession, the opium was recovered have already been granted regular bail in the aforementioned B.As. by the co-ordinate bench, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of her surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I (NDPS Spl. Judge), Chatra, in connection with Hunterganj P.S. Case No. 206 of 2022, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-09.02.2026 Amitesh/-