2026:JHHC:25541 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4792 of 2026 ------ Prithvi Raj, aged about 28 years, son of Vinod Kumar Sah @ Binod Kumar Sah, resident of Gali No.4, Pali More, Dehri-on-Sone, P.O. and P.S. Town Dehri, District Rohtas, Bihar, at present resident of Village Sakhara, P.O. and P.S. Rajpur, District Rohtas, Bihar .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Vinay Kumar Tiwary, Advocate For the State : Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, A.P.P. ------ 02/24.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Gomoh G.R. P.S. Case No. 20 of 2025 corresponding to NDPS Case No.21 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)C of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, pending in the court of learned Sessions Judge, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and thereafter, the petitioner has received the notice under Section 35(3) of BNSS and the petitioner has also replied the same. He also submits that the petitioner is a student and to buttress this argument, he refers to Annexure 2 series which are the certificate of Bachelor of Education and Secondary Teacher Eligibility Test. He further submits that the petitioner is trying to have job and appearing in various competitive examination. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 14 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the I.O. has come to the conclusion that the apprehended co- accused was going to hand over the said contraband to the petitioner and in view of that prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 2026:JHHC:25541 5. Considering that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and the petitioner has also replied the notice under Section 35(3) of BNSS and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 14 of the petition and Annexure 2 series prima facie suggests that the petitioner is a student, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three 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 Sessions Judge, Dhanbad, in connection with Gomoh G.R. P.S. Case No. 20 of 2025 corresponding to NDPS Case No.21 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 24.08.2026 Anit Uploaded 25.08.2026