( 2026:JHHC:14645 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2521 of 2026 1. Pradeep Ganjhu, aged about 42 years, son of Dhaneshwar Ganjhu 2. Mahesh Ganjhu, aged about 41 years, son of Brahmdeo Ganjhu All above petitioners are resident of village of Margada, Post Office and Police Station Kunda, District-Chatra. ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Satyanshu Shubham, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, A.P.P 02/ 13.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No. 11 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 18, 27(a), 28, 29 and 30 of NDPS Act and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in the court of learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that false allegation is made against the petitioners of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. He next submits that the said land is not belonging to these petitioners. He further submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition and the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 2433 of 2026. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of the poppy plant in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of forest department and petitioners are having no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition and the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in ( 2026:JHHC:14645 ) A.B.A. No. 2433 of 2026 and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds 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 Cases, Chatra, in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No. 11 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.13.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-