2026:JHHC:21378 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3919 of 2026 ---- Kail Ganjhu, aged about 80 years, son of late Bajrangi Ganjhu, resident of Village Hindiya Kala, PO Narayanpur, PS Kunda, District Chatra .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Kumar Udayan, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Advocate ---- 2/20.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kunda PS Case No.11 of 2026, for offence registered under section 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of N.D.P.S. Act and section 33 of Indian Forest Act, pending in court of learned Sessions Judge Cum Special Judge (NDPS) Cases, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the allegations are made that the petitioner is involved in cultivation of poppy plants in the forest land. He next submits that the petitioner is a poor villager and he has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.17 of the petition. He next submits that two of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by different orders as contained in Annexure-2 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that 2026:JHHC:21378 2 allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and the same is not belonging to the petitioner and the Annexure-2 series are the two different anticipatory bail orders by which the co- accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail and the petitioner is said to be villager and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), 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.11 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 20.07.2026 SI/