2026:JHHC:14055 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2359 of 2026 ---- 1.Kailash Yadav, aged about 48 years, son of late Baijnath Yadav 2.Rakesh Yadav aged about 36 years son of Bijay Yadav @ Bipat Yadav 3.Binod Kumar Yadav, aged about 31 years son of Mangaldeo Yadav 4.Dilchand Ganjhu, aged about 37 years, son of late Kamali Ganjhu 5.Bhola Yadav, aged about 27 years son of Bipat Yadav 6.Tileshwar Kumar @ Tileshwar Yadav aged about 27 years son of Naresh Yadav 7.Ramesh Kumar @ Ramesh Ganjhu aged about 26 years, son of Bandhu Ganjhu, All residents of Village Sikni, PO and PS Lawalong, District Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, Advocate ---- 2/11.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Lawalong PS Case No.08 of 2026, for offence registered under section 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of NDPS Act and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Sessions Judge, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. He next submits that even the land is not belonging to the petitioner and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in 2026:JHHC:14055 2 paragraph no.15 of the petition. He next submits that two of the co- accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No. 2006 of 2026 and ABA No.2135 of 2026. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and the same is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as aforesaid and two of the co- accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. 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, Chatra, in connection with Lawalong PS Case No.08 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 11.05.2026 SI/