2026:JHHC:3477 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.727 of 2026 Upendra Ganjhu, S/o Tapeshwar Ganjhu, aged about 26 years, Resident of Village -Khairatand, P.O+ P.S- Herhanj, District - Latehar. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajesh Bhushan, Advocate For the State : Mr. P.D. Agarwal, Spl. P.P. ------ 2/10.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Herhanj P.S. Case No. 46 of 2024, registered under sections 17,18 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance 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 is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 10 of the petition and the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plants on the land, however, the petitioner has nothing to do with the said cultivation and the three co-accused have been granted anticipatory bail by the coordinate bench of this court in ABA No. 3051 of 2025. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation of cultivation of poppy plant is there. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that the name of the person, who has taken the name of the petitioner, that person’s name is not disclosed and the petitioner is having no criminal 2026:JHHC:3477 2 antecedent as disclosed in para 10 of the petition and three co- accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in aforesaid ABA, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge (N. D. P.S), Latehar, in connection with Herhanj P.S. Case No. 46 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 10.02.2026 R.Kumar