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Ishwari Ganjhu v. the State of Jharkhand

Jharkhand HC8 May 2026A.B.A./2300/2026

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Anticipatory bail application by a person accused of cultivating poppy plants on Forest Department land under NDPS Act and Indian Forest Act provisions. The court noted no criminal antecedent and that the land did not belong to him, and granted anticipatory bail on conditions.

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Anticipatory bail granted: surrender within three weeks; release on Rs.25,000 bond with two sureties, subject to S.482(2) BNSS conditions.

Ishwari Ganjhu Vs the State of Jharkhand — Narcotics (NDPS) | Jharkhand HC (2026)

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( 2026:JHHC:13905 )

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2300 of 2026

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Ishwari Ganjhu, aged about 50 years, son of Pushandev Ganjhu @ Puran Ganjhu, resident of Village Pasangam, P.O. & P.S. Lawalong, District- Chatra

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… Petitioner

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-Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Abhay Kumar Chaturvedy, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P. -----

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02/08.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel

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appearing for the State.

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The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No.12 of 2026 dated 11.03.2026, registered for the offence under Sections 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30 of the NDPS Act and Section 33 of Indian Forest Act, pending in the Court of the learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra.

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Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits that the allegations are made of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 21 of this application.

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Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plants on the forest land.

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Considering that the land is of the Forest Department and that is not belonging to the petitioner and further, the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 21 of this application and in the

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A.B.A. No. 2300 of 2026

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( 2026:JHHC:13905 )

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attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

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Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, NDPS Cases, Chatra in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No.12 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.)

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Dated: 8^th May, 2026 Ajay/

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A.B.A. No. 2300 of 2026

Ishwari Ganjhu v. the State of Jharkhand

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