Munarik Ganjhu @ Munarik Singh Bhokta @ Munarika Ganjhu v. the State of Jharkhand
ANTICIPATORY BAIL – NDPS ACT AND INDIAN FOREST ACT
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court anticipatory bail ABA 3504 of 2026, decided 02.07.2026 by Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi. Keywords: anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; NDPS Act sections 18, 27(a), 28, 29, 30; Indian Forest Act Section 33; poppy plant cultivation; forest land; Lawalong PS Case No.12 of 2026; Chatra; criminal antecedent as ground for refusal; differential treatment among co-applicants; bail bond Rs. 25,000 with two sureties; surrender within three weeks; section 482(2) BNSS 2023 bail conditions; partly allowed; petitioner no.3 rejected.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to petitioner nos.1 and 2 only: they are to surrender within three weeks and, on surrender/arrest, be released on bail on a bail bond of Rs.25,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each, subject to section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions; the prayer of petitioner no.3 is rejected and the petition dismissed qua him.