( 2026:JHHC:3706 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 734 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 734 of 2026 Anupam Kumar @ Anupam Dangi, aged about 22 years, son of Baldeo Dangi, resident of Village Nawadih, Damoul, P.O. Nawadih, P.S. Pathalgada, District- Chatra … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. R.S. Mazumdar, Sr. Advocate Mr. Nishant Kumar Roy, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sunil Kumar Dubey, A.P.P. ----- 02/11.02.2026 Heard learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pathalgadda PS Case No.19 of 2025, for offence registered under section 111(2)(b) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 17(c), 18(b), 21(c), 22(c), 25, 27, 28 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, pending in court of learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, Chatra. 3. Learned senior counsel appearing for petitioner submits that the petitioner has been named in the FIR on the basis of confessional statement made by the apprehended co-accused and from his possession 4.350 kg opium has been recovered. He then submits that petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application. He next submits that one of the co-accused has been provided privilege of anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No.4637 of 2025. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has been taken by the apprehended co-accused. ( 2026:JHHC:3706 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 734 of 2026 5. Considering that nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and recovery is made from the possession of the apprehended co-accused and he has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application and one of the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, he shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, Chatra, in connection with Pathalgadda PS Case No.19 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 11th February, 2026 Ajay/