( 2026:JHHC:15925 ) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2861 of 2026 Giriraj Yadav ... Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, P.P. --- Order No. 02/ Dated: 2nd June, 2026 Heard Mr. Ashok Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned P.P. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Panki P.S. Case No. 12 of 2025. 3. It has been alleged that the petitioner and the other accused persons were involved in illegal cultivation of poppy plants. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent and in similar circumstances several co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 7039 of 2025 and A.B.A. No. 1997 of 2026. 5. Learned P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. Regard being had to the above, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender in the court below within four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, NDPS Act, Palamau, Daltonganj in connection with Panki P.S. Case No. 12 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 8. This application stands allowed. (RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY, J.) Dated: 2nd June, 2026 Vedanti/- Uploaded on 5th June, 2026