[2026:JHHC:14385] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2433 of 2026 1. Amerika Ganjhu aged about 58 years son of Late Ramdeo Ganjhu 2. Mukesh Ganjhu @ Mukesh Kumar, aged about 41 years son of Kameshwar Ganjhu 3. Rajo Ganjhu aged about 63 years son of Late Kapil Ganjhu All petitioner Nos.1 to 3 are resident of village Garo, P.O. and police station - Kunda, District - Chatra 4. Akhlesh Ganjhu @ Aklesh Ganjhu aged about 32 years, Son of Lodha Ganjhu 5.Pintu Ganjhu aged about 34 years son of Mani Ganjhu. 6. Sonu Ganjhu @ Sonu Kumar, aged about 20 years, son of Nemdhari Ganjhu Petitioner Nos. 4 to 6 are residents of Village Pinjani, P.O. and P.S. Kunda, 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. Suraj Deo Munda, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 12.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P 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 [2026:JHHC:14385] -2- 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 and the same has been disclosed in the order of the learned Sessions Judge. 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 it has been pointed out from the order of the learned Sessions Judge that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent 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. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-12.05.2026 Amitesh/-