--1-- Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:14556 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2468 of 2026 ---- 1. Kamlesh Ganjhu, aged about 28 years, S/o Charku Ganjhu 2. Santosh Ganjhu, aged about 30 years, S/o Birju Ganjhu 3. Nanhu Ganjhu, aged about 31 years, S/o Fagu Ganjhu 4. Dilu Lohra, aged about 59 years, S/o Nanku Lohra All are R/o vill.- Mari Padram, P.O. & P.S.- Herhanj, Dist.- Latehar, Jharkhand .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Fahad Allam, 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 Herhanj P.S. Case No.08 of 2026, for offence registered under sections 17, 18, 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending in court of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case alleging that the petitioners were doing cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. He next submits that the petitioner nos.1 to 3 are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.14 of the petition. He next submits that petitioner No.4 is having two criminal antecedents, however, he has been acquitted in those cases. On these grounds, he next submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivating poppy plant on the forest land. --2-- 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and is not belonging to the petitioners and petitioner nos.1 to 3 are having no criminal antecedent as aforesaid and two criminal antecedents are there against the petitioner no.4 as it has been pointed out in those cases that the petitioner no.4 has also been acquitted, 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 bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Latehar, in connection with Herhanj P.S. 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.) Dated 13.05.2026 Jay/