2026:JHHC:18099 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3205 of 2026 ---- 1.Kailash Kumar Ganjhu @ Kailash Ganjhu, aged about 28 years, son of Suresh Singh Bhokta, resident of Belgada, PO and PS Kunda, District Chatra 2.Arun Kumar @ Arun Ganjhu, aged about 29 years, son of Asadi Ganjhu, resident of Village Baniyadih, PO and PS Kunda, District Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Advocate ---- 2/22.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Kunda PS Case No.12 of 2026, for the offence registered under section 303(2) of BNS, 2023, section 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of NDPS Act and section 33 of Forest Act, pending in court of learned Sessions Judge Cum Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case alleging that the petitioners were doing cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. He next submits that the petitioners are poor villagers and having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.20 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegation are there of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department 2026:JHHC:18099 2 and is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge Cum Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra, in connection with Kunda PS Case No.12 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 22.06.2026 SI/