2026:JHHC:26705 --1-- A.B.A. No. 4996 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4996 of 2026 ---- Md. Imtiyaz Khan @ Golden, aged about 26 years, S/o Munna Khan, R/o Nizam Nagar, near Bacha Kabristan, PO and PS – Hindpiri, District - Ranchi .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Nilesh Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Naveen Kr. Ganjhu, Advocate ---- 02/03.09.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hindpiri PS Case No.43 of 2026, for offence registered under section 20, 21(a) and 22(b), 29 of NDPS Act, pending in court of learned Judicial Commissioner-cum-Special Judge, NDPS, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner was not present on the spot and the allegations are made that from the house of the petitioner 260 grams of Ganja has been recovered. He next submits that mother of this petitioner has already been arrested. He next submits that the quantity of said Ganja is very small and it is less than one kilogram and in view of that the punishment is prescribed for one year only. He next submits that brother of the petitioner has already been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.3751 of 2026. On these grounds, he submits that 2026:JHHC:26705 --2-- A.B.A. No. 4996 of 2026 anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that from the house of the petitioner the recovery has been made. 5. Considering that the mother of the petitioner has been arrested for the alleged recovery from the house and the said Ganja is less than one Kilogram and for one kilogram of Ganja the maximum punishment is prescribed for one year and brother of the petitioner has already been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A., I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Commissioner-cum-Special Judge, NDPS, Ranchi in connection with Hindpiri PS Case No.43 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 03.09.2026 Sangam/