2026:CGHC:21706 NAFR Digitally signed by ARPAN ARPAN SRIVASTAVA SRIVASTAVA Date:

2026.05.11

10:40:27 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR +0530 MCRCA No. 638 of 2026 Saidullah Ansari S/o Dildar Ansari Aged About 36 Years R/o Village And Post- Kalyanpur, Police Station - Gaghawa, District- Gaghawa (Jharkhand) ...Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station Chalgali, District- Balrampur-Ramanujganj (C.G.)

... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Vikash Pandey, Advocate For Non-applicant : Mr. Shubham Bajpai, P.L.

Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

08.05.2026

1. This first anticipatory bail application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the applicant, who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.10/2026 registered at Police Station –Chalgali, District Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Section 4, 6 and 10 of the Chhattisgarh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act, 2004 read with Section 11(1)(d) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960.

2. The prosecution story, in brief, is that on 24.02.2026 at about

11:00 PM, while police were on patrolling duty, th