2026:JHHC:6582 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 1267 of 2026 ----- Vikash Yadav @ Vikash Kumar, S/o Prameshwar Yadav, R/o Village-Rajguruwa, P.O.-Jori, P.S.-Bashisthnagar, Dist.-Chatra … …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … …. Opp. Party ----- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Kumar Nishant, Advocate For the State : Mr. B.N. Ojha, A.P.P. ----- Oral Order 02 / Dated : 12.03.2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner named above has been made accused in connection with Bashisthnagar P.S. Case No. 71 of 2023 (N.D.P.S. Case No. 147 of 2025) for the offence registered under Sections 17(b), 18, 20, 21, 25A, 27(a), 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-V, Chatra. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that nothing has been seized from the physical possession of the petitioner nor he was arrested at the spot. It is alleged that the petitioner along with co-accused Samindar Yadav @ Sailendra Kumar were going on the motorcycle and when the police tried to intercept them, they threw away the contraband weighing 2kg opium and fled away. Co-accused-Samindar Yadav @ Sailendra Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No. 4924 of 2025. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Court below. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) AKT/Satendra Uploaded on 12.03.2026