4 21-01-2026 Heard Mr. Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners; Mrs. Ranjana Sinha, learned counsel for the Union of India and Mrs. Renu Kumari, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Bhadwar P.S. Case No. 11 of 2025, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8(B) and 18 of the N.D.P.S.

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3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, petitioners along with other co-accused persons, were allegedly involved in cultivation of opium on the protected forest land. The raiding team had destroyed 8.81 acres of illegal cultivation of opium over different plots. A sample of opium plant was recovered and seizure list was prepared accordingly.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. The alleged place of occurrence, where the opium plant were cultivated, is in the forest area. The informant is a police officer and he has not named any forest officials, after being informed that the opium plants were being cultivated in the forest area, as it appears from the FIR. He further submitted that othe