[2026:JHHC:20685] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3768 of 2026 Ugdeo Yadav, aged about 30 years, son of Mungeshwar Yadav, resident of village Tal, P.O- Udaypura, P.S- Tarhasi, Distt- Palamu, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Amrita Kumari, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 13.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No. 10 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 18, 27 and 29 of the NDPS Act, pending in the court of learned Additional District Judge-IV, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already sold his motorcycle on 31.12.2022 to one Amod Kumar @ Amod Kumar Singh. He next submits that 2.990 kgs opium has been recovered from the said motorcycle. He then submits that even the petitioner is not named in the FIR, however, the name of the owner of the said motorcycle has not been transferred in the office of DTO, the petitioner has been made accused in the case being the owner of the said motorcycle. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submit that the quantity of recovered opium is commercial and the recovery has been made from the said motorcycle. On these grounds, she submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. [2026:JHHC:20685] -2- 5. Annexure-2 is a document, which prima facie suggests that the motorcycle in question has already been sold to one Amod Kumar @ Amod Kumar Singh and the date of purchase of the stamp paper is 30.12.2022, however, the present FIR has been lodged on 10.02.2024 and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-15 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. 7. 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 Additional District Judge-IV, Chatra, in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No. 10 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-13.07.2026 Amitesh/-