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2025 Supreme(Online)(UK) 3217
HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
MADAN MOHAN JOSHI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF UTTARAKHAND – Respondent
ABA 1217 / 2025
SL. No
Date
Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures
COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS
A H BA No. 1217 of 2025 on’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Lalit Sharma with Mr. D.P. Mittal, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Tumul Nainwal, learned A.G.A. with Mrs. Rangoli Purohit, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. The applicant ‘Madan Mohan Joshi’ is praying for anticipatory bail in reference to First Infromation Report dated 23.10.2025 bearing FIR No. 382 of 2025 P.S. Ramnagar, District Nainital, wherein, the present applicant and four others namely Raju Rawat, Sagar Manral, Pankaj and Karan have been implicated by one Noor Jahan W/o Nasir for the offences punishable under Sections 109 and 190 of BNS, 2023. 4. It is contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that the present applicant is an animal lover and always raised public grievances and on the date of the incident the applicant as well as other members received an information that the husband of the complainant, who lodged the FIR, was illegally carrying the meat of cow and the public was aggressive and immediately thereafter he made telephonic call to one Sub Inspector namely Yunus of P.S. Ramnagar and also to the Forest Ranger of Ramnagar at Ananda gate at about 9:07 AM. 5. It is also contended in paragraph 5 that prior to lodging of the FIR an FIR was lodged against one Mohd. Saleem on 23.10.2025 bearing FIR No. 0381 of 2025 for the offence punishable under Section 318(4) of IPC. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant pointed out that the present applicant filed a criminal writ petition for quashing of the FIR, which is posted on 17.11.2025 but still there is an apprehension of arrest, therefore, taking into consideration such an apprehension the anticipatory bail may be granted. 7. Learned State counsel placed before this court the injury report and sought time to get further
instructions in the matter. 8. Put up this matter on 17.11.2025 as fresh in order to enable the State counsel to get complete instruction in the matter. 9. Till then the applicant shall not be arrested provided he cooperate with the investigation. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 14.11.2025 PR
