2026:JHHC:19360 -1- A.B.A. No. 3504 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3504 of 2026 ---- 1.Munarik Ganjhu @ Munarik Singh Bhokta @ Munarika Ganjhu, aged about 24 years, son of Subhash Ganjhu @ Subhash Singh Bhokta 2.Vijay Ganjhu @ Bijay Singh Bhokta @ Vijay Sanjhu Bhokta aged about 32 years son of Namdev Ganjhu @ Namdev Singh Bhokta 3.Akhilesh Ganju @ Aklesh Ganjhu, aged about 35 years, son of Dashrath Ganjhu, All are residents of Village Pasangam, PO and PS Lawalong, District Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Abhay Kumar Chaturvedi, Advocate For the State :- Mr. B.N. Ojha, Advocate ---- 2/02.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Lawalong PS Case No.12 of 2026, for offence registered under section 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of NDPS Act and Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Special Judge Cum Special Judge NDPS Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. He next submits that so far as the petitioner nos.1 and 2 are concerned, there is no criminal antecedent against them, however, so far as the petitioner no.3 is concerned, he is having one criminal antecedent and, on these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that 2026:JHHC:19360 -2- A.B.A. No. 3504 of 2026 there is allegation of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. 5. Considering that the petitioner no.3 is having one criminal antecedent which arises of Forest Act, and in the attending facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner no.3, and as such, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner no.3 is, hereby, rejected and consequently, this petition is dismissed so far as the petitioner no.3 is concerned. 6. So far as the petitioner nos.1 and 2 are concerned, they are having no criminal antecedent and the land is of the forest department and the land is not belong to these petitioners and as such, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner nos.1 and 2. 6. Accordingly, petitioner nos.1 and 2, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioner nos.1 and 2, namely, Munarik Ganjhu @ Munarik Singh Bhokta @ Munarika Ganjhu and Vijay Ganjhu @ Bijay Singh Bhokta @ Vijay Sanjhu Bhokta, 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 Special Judge Cum Special Judge NDPS Cases, Chatra, in connection with Lawalong PS Case No.12 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. 7. This anticipatory bail application is partly allowed. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 02.07.2026 SI/