Bail may be granted under the Cow Slaughter Act if the accused is not named in the FIR, no slaughtering instruments are recovered, there is no direct evidence of the crime, and the accused has no criminal antecedents.

1. Heard, Learned counsel for the applicant, Learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

2. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.137 of 2026, under Sections 3 /5/8 of Cow Slaughter Act, Police Station- Hafijganj, District- Bareilly.

3. The Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant has not been named in the First Information Report, which was lodged against the unknown persons. As per the First Information Report, remains of animal purportedly being cow or its progeny were found near Baigul Nadi in the jungle. Nearby a bull was found tied to a tree, which was released and the First Information Report was then lodged. The applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case on the basis of the information received from police informer and three meters of rope have been allegedly recovered from the possession of the applicant. The applicant has no criminal antecedents and he is languishing in jail since 22.03.2026.

4. The Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for grant of bail, however, has been unable to dispute the fact that the applicant is having no criminal antecedents.

5. I have considered the submissions made by the Learned counsels for the parties and perused the record.

6. The applicant is not named in the First Information Report and there is no direct evidence against the applicant of slaughtering of cow or its progeny. The recovery made from the possession of the applicant is of a rope and no instrument used in the slaughter of animals has been recovered from the possession or the pointing out of the applicant.

7. Taking into account all the entire facts and circumstances of the case as well as the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents, I deem it fit to enlarge the applicant on bail.

8. The bail application is allowed

9. Let the accused-applicant- Ajay Singh, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions:

i. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence.

ii. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity.

iii. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial.

iv. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted by the court concerned.

10. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail.

11. It is made clear that the applicant shall be released on the basis of computer generated copy of this order, downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad and verified by the concerned counsel with the undertaking that the certified copy will be filed within 15 days.

12. It is further directed that the trial court shall send the release order to the concerned jail through Bail Order Management System (BOMS) to ensure early release of the applicant.