Umesh Ganjhu v. State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No. 1351 of 2026, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, decided 13.05.2026, coram Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. Anticipatory bail allowed to petitioner Umesh Ganjhu (adv. Rakesh Kumar) in Bariyatu P.S. Case No. 01 of 2026, Sections 17(b), 22(b) and 29 NDPS Act, pending before Special Judge (NDPS), Latehar; State represented by A.P.P. Suraj Deo Munda. Grounds: petitioner named via confessional statement; recovered opium intermediary in quantity (0.514 kg / 514 gms. argued); no criminal antecedent claimed (para-13 of petition). Relief: surrender within three weeks; bail bond Rs.25,000/- with two like sureties; conditions per Section 482(2), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Keywords: anticipatory bail, NDPS Act, opium, intermediary quantity, confessional statement, Chatra/Latehar.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed; petitioner to surrender within three weeks and, on arrest or surrender, be enlarged on bail on a bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.