( 2026:JHHC:17486 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3125 of 2026 1. Mahendra Bhuiyan aged about 46 years, son of Sabun Bhuiyan 2. Jagdish Bhuiyan @ Futun Bhuiyan, aged about 51 years, son of Nago Bhuiyan All above petitioners are resident of village Tikolya, Post Office and Police Station Lawalong, District-Chatra ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Mansih Yadav, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, A.P.P. 02/ 17.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No. 5/2026, registered under sections 18/27(a)/28/29/30 of Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 and under section 33 of Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of learned Principal District & Sessions Judge-cum-Spl. Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that false allegation is made of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest area. He next submits that the said land is not belonging to the petitioners and petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition. He next submits that co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.2442 of 2026 and A.B.A. No.2498 of 2026. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest area. 5. Considering that land is of the forest department and it has come in the impugned order that petitioners have got no criminal antecedent ( 2026:JHHC:17486 ) which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.As, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Principal District & Sessions Judge-cum-Spl. Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra, in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No. 5/2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.17.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-