LOKESH GANJHU ALIAS LALESH GANJHU v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
Court: High Court of Jharkhand
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
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High Court of Jharkhand judgment dated 2026-05-05. LOKESH GANJHU ALIAS LALESH GANJHU v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND. Read the judgment and case details on...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2077 of 2026 Lokesh Ganjhu @ Lalesh Ganjhu, aged about 30 years, son of Murari Ganjhu, resident of village-Sirisamad, P. O. Bariyatu, P. S. Bariyatu, District-Latehar ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand . …. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Nandan Prasad, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, Spl. P. P 02/ 05. 05. 2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bariyatu P. S. Case No. 03 of 2026, registered under sections 15(c), 18(b), 22, 25, 29 of NDPS Act, pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-special Judge, NDPS at Latehar. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that false allegation is made of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest/raiyati/gairmajrua land.
He next submits that the said land is not belonging to the petitioner and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 19 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of cultivation of poppy plant in the forest/raiyati/gairmajrua land. 5. Considering that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 19 of the petition and the said land is not belonging to the petitioner, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.
25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-special Judge, NDPS at Latehar, in connection with Bariyatu P. S. Case No. 03 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B. N. S. S, 2023. Dt. 05. 05. 2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. ) satyarthi-
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