( 2026:JHHC:14407 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2081 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2081 of 2026 1. Sohray Ganjhu @ Soharay Ganjhu, aged about 36 years, son of Makhul Ganjhu, resident of Village- Dhamdhama, P.O. & P.S. Lawalong, District- Chatra 2. Santan Ganjhu, aged about 32 years, son of Parmeshwar Ganjhu, resident of Village- Sikani, P.O. & P.S. Lawalong, District- Chatra 3. Suchit Ganjhu @ Suchit Singh Bhokta, aged about 30 years, son of Late Sundar Ganjhu, resident of Village- Dhamdhama, P.O. & P.S. Lawalong, District- Chatra 4. Chandar Ganjhu @ Dilchand Ganjhu, aged about 33 years, son of Magha Ganjhu, resident of Village- Sikani, P.O. & 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. Kumar Udayan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Someshwar Roy, A.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.08/2026, registered for the offence under Sections 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of the NDPS Act and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of the learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, NDPS, 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 that the petitioners are indulged in cultivation of poppy plants. He next submits that the petitioners have nothing to do with the said poppy plants. He also submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 16 of this application. He further submits that the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this ( 2026:JHHC:14407 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2081 of 2026 Court in A.B.A. No.2006 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 the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 16 of this application and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, 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, Chatra in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No.08/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 12th May, 2026 Ajay/