( 2026:JHHC:17515 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3120 of 2026 Gayani Ganjhu @ Gyani Ganjhu, aged 37 years, son of Bodhi Ganjhu, resident of village Butkuiya, P.O. Kunda and P.S. Kunda, District-Chatra ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Anupam Anand, Advocate Mr. Pranav Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. B.N. Ojha, A.P.P. 02/ 17.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No. 22 of 2026, registered under sections 15, 18, 25, 27, 29 and 30 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act, 1985, pending in the Court of learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegations are made that 314.730 kg poppy straw and 840 gram wet opium was recovered from the house of the petitioner. He next submits that there is no independent witness to the seizure list. He next submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and he has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that huge quantity of poppy straw and wet opium has been recovered from the house of the petitioner. He next submits that quantity of poppy straw is commercial. 5. Considering that 314.730 kg poppy straw and 840 gram wet ( 2026:JHHC:17515 ) opium was recovered from the house of the petitioner and quantity of poppy straw is commercial. There are parameters of granting anticipatory bail in the cases arising out of N.D.P.S. Act. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is hereby rejected. Dt.17.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-