IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 12.02.2026 Date of uploading : 12.02.2026 HAROON ALIAS SATTA ………….Petitioner Versus V/S STATE OF HARYANA …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Diwan S. Adlakha, Advocate for the petitioner.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.20 dated 09.02.2017 under Sections 13(2) of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gau Samvardhan Act, 2015, registered at Police Station Sadar Jagadhri, District Yamunanagar.

2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner) is as follows:-

“Copy is as follows: To, the SHO, Police Station Sadar Jagadhri Sir, It is submitted that I Ramdhari S/o Ajmer Singh, am a resident of village Kathwala Police Station Sadar Jagadhri District Yamunanagar. A few days ago cattle were stolen from our village; in connection with which I and several people from the village were monitoring/observing the village for the past several days. Today a Mahindra pickup UP19T-1969 was coming from village Chhajjunagala. When we signaled the driver of the vehicle to stop, the driver accelerated the vehicle and stopped it ahead. Upon checking it, we found three cows loaded in it and three persons were sitting therein. On our enquiry, the driver told his name as Rasid S/o Ramzan, caste Rawat Muslim, R/o Jagir Hussain Mohalla Chilkana, and the person at the back told his name as Mohammad Arun alias Sata S/o Istak, caste Qureshi Muslim, R/o village Aajar Hasan Chilkana, police station Chilkana, and the third person told his name as Kurban alias Golu S/o Abbud Shakur, caste Qureshi Muslim, R/o Dudhgarh, police station Chilkana, Saharanpur. These three persons while loading these cows in the vehicle, were taking them to UP for cow slaughter. Legal action be taken against the above three persons. SD/-RAM DHARI Ram Dhari S/o Ajmer Singh Village Kathwala Date 08.02.17 Mob. 94661- 16000."

Police proceeding:- Today on 08.02.17 I was present at the police station. received an information through telephone that a Mahindra pickup along with cows and three persons have been caught in village Kathwala, on which information I ASI along with EHC Irshad Ali No. 721 reached village Kathwala; where many people from the village were found present; Ramdhari son of Ajmer Singh, caste Jat, R/o Kathyala, Police Station Sadar Jagadhri, District Yamunanagar, after meeting me ASI, presented an application and Mahindra Pickup UP19T1969 in which three cows were loaded; and produced the above said three persons. From the contents of the application, offence punishable u/s 13(2) of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015 is found to be made out and after writing a complaint, the same is being sent to the police station for registration of case through EHC Irshad Ali 721. After registering the case, the number of the case be informed. I ASI am busy in investigation at the spot. Today, Village Kathwala, SD- SURJAN SINGH, Police Station Sadar Jagadhri, Date 08.02.17 AT 1.50 PM. Today Police Station- On receipt of writing of ASI Surjan Singh through EHC Irshad Ali 721 in the police station, FIR no. 20 dated 08.02.17 under section 13(2) the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015 is registered at Police Station Sadar Jagadhri; and copies of the First Information Report were prepared through computer which will be sent to the concerned higher officers through post. The copy police case file along with the original writing is being sent to the investigating officer at the spot for the investigation th