( 2026:JHHC:14710 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2452 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2452 of 2026 Balram Prasad Kesari @ Balram Kesari, age 30 years, S/o Vinay Kumar Kesari, R/o Vill.- Lawalong, P.O. & P.S. Lawalong, Dist.- Chatra … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Shahid Yunus, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, Spl.P.P. ----- 04/13.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Daltonganj Town P.S. Case No.494/2025, corresponding to NDPS Case No.6/26, registered for the offence under Sections 17(c), 18(b), 22(c), 29 of NDPS Act, pending in the Court of the learned Special Judge, NDPS Act, Palamau. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement of the apprehended co- accused. He further submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with 6.523 Kg opium, which was recovered from the car of Abhishek Kumar. He then submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 6 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that apprehended co-accused has taken name of the petitioner and he confessed that the petitioner has given him the said opium for supplying the same to Delhi. On these grounds, he submits that the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:14710 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2452 of 2026 5. Considering that the quantity of opium is commercial and further it has been disclosed by the apprehended co-accused that the said opium was supplied to him by the petitioner and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and, as such, his prayer for anticipatory bail is, hereby, rejected. 6. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 13th May, 2026 Ajay/