2026:JHHC:13462 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2114 of 2026 ---- Dinesh Kumar @ Dinesh Yadav aged about 25 years son of Shiv Shankar Sah, resident of Village Bagha Khoh, PO Pepradh, PS Akorhi Gola, District Rohtas, Bihar .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Raj Nandan Chatterjee, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Santosh Kr Shukla, Advocate ---- 2/06.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Koderma (Rail) PS Case No.18 of 2025, for offence registered under section 8(c ), 20(b)(ii)(B) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, pending in court of learned Principal District and Sessions Judge Cum Special Judge (NDPS), Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the apprehended person has taken the name of the petitioner. He next submits that the recovered Ganja was 5.250 kg which is intermediary quantity. He further submits that the petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.12 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement of the apprehended person. 2026:JHHC:13462 2 5. Considering that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid and the recovered contraband from the possession of the apprehended co-accused is intermediary quantity, and in the attending facts and circumstances of the instant case, 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 Principal District and Sessions Judge Cum Special Judge (NDPS), Koderma, in connection with Koderma (Rail) PS Case No.18 of 2025, 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/