( 2026:JHHC:22526 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4178 of 2026 1. Sakindra Ganjhu, aged about 40 years, son of Mangar Ganjhu 2. Ganesh Ganjhu, aged about 27 years, son of Darsu Ganjhu @ Daso Ganjhu 3. Dinesh Ganjhu, aged about 43 years, son of Bandhan Ganjhu All are residents of village Balubhang Kotna Simar, P.O.-Balubhang and P.S. Bariyatu, District-Latehar (Jharkhand) ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Sahid Yunus, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Ruby Pandey, A.P.P. 02/ 30.07.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bariyatu P.S. Case No.58 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered 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 petitioners submits that false allegation is made against the petitioners of cultivation of poppy plant on the forest land, gairmazarua land and on raiyati land. He further submits that the said lands are not belonging to the petitioners. He then submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.6 of the petition and co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 797 of 2026 and in A.B.A. No. 2051 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant on forest land, gairmazarua land and on raiyati land. 5. Considering that the land is of the forest department and in the nature of gairmazurua land and raiyati land and it has been pointed out that ( 2026:JHHC:22526 ) the lands are not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.6 of the petition and in identical situation co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid ABAs, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, 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.58 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.30.07.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-