[2026:JHHC:19723] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3585 of 2026 Subhash Keshri @ Subhas Kumar Keshri, S/o Late Chhotani Saw, aged about 33 years, resident of Village- Balubhang, P.O- Balubhang and, P.S- Bariyatu, District -Latehar, (Jharkhand). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Shahid Yunus, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Amrita Kumari, A.P.P. ------ 06/ 06.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No. 10 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 15(c), 18(b), 22, 25 and 29 of NDPS Act, pending in the court of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation is made against the petitioner of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. He next submits that the said land is not belonging to this petitioner. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-6 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of the poppy plant in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of forest department and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-6 of the petition and further the petitioner is said [2026:JHHC:19723] -2- to be the poor villager, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Latehar, in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No. 10 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-06.07.2026 Amitesh/-