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IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA

19th DECEMBER, 2025

ANTI CI PATORY BAI L APPLI CATI ON NO. 1237 of 2025

Shameem and Others …Applicants

Versus

State of Uttarakhand …Respondent

Counsel for the Applicants : Mr. Bilal Ahmed, Advocate.

Counsel for the Respondent : Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal,

Brief Holder.

Hon’ble Alok Kum ar Verm a,J.

This Application for anticipatory bail has been

filed in Case Crime No. 389 of 2025, registered at Police

Station Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar under Section 3,

Section 5 read with Section 11 of the Uttarakhand

Protection of Cow Progeny Act, 2007.

2. According to the First Information Report dated

07.11.2025, the police received a secret information that

Shameem, Kallu, Mona, Faizan, Ateek, Taufik, Naushad

and Aslam (applicants) are slaughtering a cow. The police

raided the spot. Seeing the police, all the persons

present at the spot called out each other’s names and

said that the police have arrived and they ran away from

the spot.

3. Heard Mr. Bilal Ahmed, learned counsel for the

applicants and Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal, learned Brief

Holder for the respondent.

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4. Mr. Bilal Ahmed, Advocate, contended that the

applicants were not present on the spot. They have been

falsely implicated by the police. Applicants are not

convicted by any Court. They are permanent residents of

District Haridwar, therefore, there is no possibility of their

absconding.

5. Mrs. Sweta Badola Dobhal, Brief Holder, has

opposed the anticipatory bail application orally.

6. Personal liberty under Article 21 of the

Constitution of India is very precious fundamental right

and it should be curtailed only when it becomes

imperative according to the peculiar facts and

circumstances of the case.

7. Having heard the submissions of learned

counsel for the parties and keeping in view of the facts

and circumstances of the case, the present Application,

filed for anticipatory bail, is allowed. It is directed that in

the event of arrest of the applicants Shameem, Kallu,

Mona alias Mohd. Subhan, Faizan, Ateek, Taufik, Naushad

and Aslam, they shall be released on anticipatory bail on

executing a personal bond of Rs. 30,000/ - and two

reliable sureties, each of the like amount, by each one of

them, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject

to the following conditions: -

(i) Applicants shall cooperate with the

Investigating Agency and they shall make

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themselves available for interrogation by a

police officer as and when required;

(ii) If the charge-sheet is filed, the applicants

shall attend the trial court regularly and they

shall not seek any unnecessary adjournment;

(iii) Applicants shall not directly or indirectly make

any inducement, threat or promise to any person,

acquainted with the facts of this case;

(iv) Applicants shall not leave the country without

the previous permission of the trial court.

8. It is clarified that if the applicants misuse or

violate any of the conditions, imposed upon them, the

prosecution agency will be free to move the Court for

cancellation of the anticipatory bail.

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ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.

Dt: 19.12.2025

Shiv/

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