JUDGMENT :

Ravindra Maithani, J.

Applicant seeks anticipatory bail in Case Crime No.16 of 2024, under Section 3/11 of the Uttarakhand Protection of Cow Progeny Act, 2007, Police Station Piran Kaliyar, District Haridwar.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. According to the FIR, on 20.01.2024, police raided a premises and recovered beef and other articles. It is the case in the FIR that three persons managed to escape.

4. It is the case of the applicant that nothing was recovered from him; he has been named without any basis; he is wanted in the case, as reported by the police of Police Station Kaliyar, District Haridwar.

5. Learned State Counsel would submit that no separate objection is required to be filed, as such. The anticipatory bail application may be decided based on the material available on record. He would submit that when the police raided the premises, the applicant managed to escape.

6. Having considered, this Court is of the view that this is a case, in which the applicant should be granted anticipatory bail. The instant anticipatory bail application deserves to be allowed.

7. The anticipatory bail application is allowed.

8. In the eventuality o