2026:CGHC:6766 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 1350 of 2026 Mohammad Faisal Ansari @ Faizal S/o Mohammad Akram Ansari Aged About 34 Years R/o Present Plot No. 30, New Basti Near Teka Library Nagpur (Maharashtra) (Wrongly Mentioned In C.G. In The Impugned Order)

… Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through District Magistrate Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.)

... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Ali Afzaal Mirza, Advocate.

For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Vaishali Mahilong, DY. Govt. Advocate.

Digitally signed by ABHISHEK ABHISHEK SHRIVAS Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice SHRIVAS Date:

2026.02.07

12:08:08 +0530 Order on Board

06.02.2026

1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 102/2024 registered at Police Station – Ghumka, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) offence under Sections 4, 6, 10, of the Chhhattisgarh Krishak Pashu Parirakshan Adhiniyam & Section 11 of Pashukrurta Niwaran Adhiniyam, and Section

111 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 01.07.2024, information was received at Police Station Ghumka that a Mahindra Xylo vehicle bearing registration No. MH-31-CA-3401 was coming via Village Hardua Thelkadih and proceeding towards Maharashtra, and that the said vehicle was carrying cattle. It was further informed that the cattle were stuffed behind the rear seat of the vehicle. Upon receiving the said information, necessary action was taken, and when the police reached the spot as informed by the informant, the persons present inside the vehicle, including the driver, fled from the vehicle. Thereafter, offences were registered against the driver of the said vehicle and other persons who were accompanying him in transporting the cattle. The offences were registered under Sections 4, 6, and 10 of the Chhattisgarh Krishak Pashu Parirakshan Adhiniyam, 2004 and Section 11 of the Pashukrurta Niwaran Adhiniyam, 1960. A Dehati Nalishi was registered at Police Station Ghumka, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.), initially bearing Crime No. 00/2024. Upon conducting a search of the vehicle bearing registration No. MH-31-CA-3401, the offence was registered against (1) the driver of the said vehicle and (2) unknown persons. The concerned police authority seized six cattle valued at approximately Rs. 6,000/- and the vehicle bearing registration No. MH-31-CA-3401 valued at approximately Rs. 1,00,000/-, making the aggregate value of the seized articles Rs. 1,06,000/-. On the basis of the aforesaid information, an FIR bearing Crime No. 102/2024 was registered for the punishable offences under Sections 4, 6, and 10 of the Chhattisgarh Krishak Pashu Parirakshan Adhiniyam, 2004 and Section 11 of the Pashukrurta Niwaran Adhiniyam, 1960.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present applicant has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that the applicant did not inflict any cruelty or cause any harm to the cattle. It is pertinent to mention that no cattle were seized from the possession of the present applicant.

Moreover, the applicant has been implicated in the alleged crime solely on the basis of the memorandum statement of the co-accused, wherein the accused Roshan Sonwani and Dhal Singh Thakur have stated that the present applicant, in his vehicle bearing registration No. MH-31-CA- 3401, had called the other accused persons for the alleged transportation of cattle. There is no direct nexus between the applicant and the alleged crime to indicate that the cattle were being transported on the instructions of the applicant for the purpose of slaughter or for any other illegal purpose. He further submits that the co-accused have already been enlarged on bail by the learned Court of the First Additional Sessions Judge, Rajnandgaon (C.G.), vide order dated 13.11.2025, and the case of the present applica