( 2026:JHHC:21886 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4026 of 2026 Tikait Yadav, aged about 53 years, son of Nandlal Yadav, resident of village Heranhopa, P.O. Balubhang, P.S. Bariyatu, District-Latehar ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, Spl. P.P. 02/ 24.07.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No. 08 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 15(c), 18(b), 22, 25 and 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending in the court of learned Special Judge, N.D.P.S., Latehar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case alleging that the petitioner was involved in cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land and Gairmazurua land. He further submits that the petitioner is the villager and having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition and co- accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.3371 of 2026 and A.B.A. No. 3698 of 2026 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there against the petitioner of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land and Gairmazurua land. 5. Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and the nature of land is Gairmazurua and further the land is not belonging to the petitioner and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition and co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in ( 2026:JHHC:21886 ) the aforesaid A.B.As, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, N.D.P.S., Latehar, in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No. 08 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.24.07.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-