( 2026:JHHC:20293 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3671 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3671 of 2026 1. Gopal Munda, aged about 39 years, son of Late Ramsahay Munda 2. Balram Munda, aged about 24 years, son of Late Sita Ram Munda 3. Soma Munda, aged about 42 years, son of Late Mara Munda All residents of Village- Aanjan, P.O. & P.S. Chouparan, District- Hazaribagh … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Ms. Anushka Chakrabarty, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ----- 02/09.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Chouparan P.S. Case No.27 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 17(c), 18(b) of N.D.P.S. Act, pending in the Court of the learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, N.D.P.S. Act, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case alleging therein that the petitioners were involved in cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land. She further submits that the petitioners have nothing to do with the said cultivation and even the land is not belonging to the petitioners and they are poor villagers. She next submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants. 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and that is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners are said to be poor villagers ( 2026:JHHC:20293 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3671 of 2026 and they are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, N.D.P.S. Act, Hazaribagh in connection with Chouparan P.S. Case No.27 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 9th July, 2026 Ajay/