( 2026:JHHC:2447 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 490 of 2026 Jitendra Saw, aged about 37 years, son of Jamun Saw, resident of village - Badhar, P.O. and P.S. Sadar, District-Chatra, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kr. Pathak, A.P.P. 04/ 30.01.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hunterganj P.S. Case No. 42 of 2021, registered under sections 279, 427, 414 read with section 34 of the I.P.C and under section 15 of the N.D.P.S Act, 1985 corresponding to NDPS Case No. 106 of 2021, pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV-cum-Special Judge NDPS Act, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has earlier moved in A.B.A. No.5026 of 2025 which was dismissed as withdrawn by order dated 09.10.2025. He further submits that on the fresh ground second anticipatory bail has been filed. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that there is no fresh ground in the second anticipatory bail application and even the petitioner has not moved before the learned Sessions Judge and straightway filed this second anticipatory bail application before this Court. 5. In view of above and considering that petitioner has earlier moved in A.B.A. No.5026 of 2025 which was dismissed as withdrawn by order dated 09.10.2025. In the argument no fresh ground has been made. The petitioner is an accused of N.D.P.S case. The quantity of Doda is commercial in nature which has been recovered from the vehicle and the ( 2026:JHHC:2447 ) driver has taken the name of the petitioner. Accordingly, this anticipatory bail application is dismissed. Dt.30.01.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-