2026:JHHC:10199 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1236 of 2026 ------ 1. Soma Munda, son of Gammir Munda 2. Bhadeya Kumhar, son of Durga Kumhar Both resident of Village Kolenghatu, P.O. Taimara, P.S. Dasamfall, District Ranchi .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Ms. Nirupama, Advocate Ms. Monika Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ------ 02/09.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dasamfall P.S. Case No. 06 of 2025, registered for the offence under Section 18 (c) of N.D.P.S. Act pending in the Court of learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case and the petitioners have nothing to do with the cultivation of poppy and the allegations are made that the cultivation of poppy plant was made in the field. He submits that even the land is not belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedents as disclosed in para 9 of the petition. She also submits that only on suspicion, the name of petitioners have come in the case. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are thereof cultivation of poppy plant in the field. 5. Considering that the land did not belong to the petitioners as submitted out by the learned counsel for the petitioners and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedents as disclosed in para 9 of the petition and the name of petitioners have come only on suspicion, and in that view of the matter, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 15.04.2026