( 2026:JHHC:7119 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 2034 of 2026 Ashirwad Kumar Raut @ Ashirwad Kumar aged about 25 years, S/o Bungo Raut, Resident of village-Badhauna, P.O.+P.S. Godda (Muffasil) District-Godda … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. S.P. Roy, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Vineet Kumar Vashistha, APP --- 02/16.03.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 17.01.2026 in connection with N.D.P.S. Case No. 01 of 2026, for the offences registered under Sections 22/25/27A/29 of the NDPS Act, pending in the court of learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Godda. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per allegation 2.08-gram brown sugar has been recovered from two persons. As per the allegation, when upon secret information the police was on the way, the accused persons including the petitioner were trying to run away and they were apprehended. He submits that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and recovery is of small quantity. He has referred to paragraph 16 of the bail application. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that small quantity of brown sugar alleged to have been recovered and the petitioner said to have no criminal antecedent, the petitioner above named is directed to be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rs. Twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Godda, in connection with N.D.P.S. Case No. 01 of 2026 on the following conditions: (i) The learned court shall call upon the criminal antecedent ( 2026:JHHC:7119 ) 2 report of the petitioner and if any criminal antecedent is found, he shall not be enlarged on bail. (ii) One of the bailors would be the present pairvikar of the petitioner. (iii) The other bailor should be his close relative. (iv) The petitioner will attend the court on each and every date and on account of his single default, the learned court shall cancel the bail bond furnished by the petitioner. (v) The petitioner will deposit a self-attested copy of his Aadhar Card along with his mobile number before the learned court which he will not change during the pendency of the case without prior permission of the court. (vi) The petitioner shall fully co-operate with the proceedings before the learned court below. 6. Let this order along with a copy of the affidavit filed with the bail petition be communicated to the court concerned through FAX/e- mail. 7. The instant bail application is allowed with the aforesaid conditions. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 16.03.2026 Uploaded on: 17.03.2026 Binit/