IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTI CE ALOK KUMAR VERMA

23^rd SEPTEMBER, 2025

ANTI CI PATORY BAI L APPLI CATI ON NO. 1077 of 2025

Sanawwar and Others …Applicants

Versus

State of Uttarakhand …Respondent

Counsel for the Applicants : Mr. Mohd. Safdar, Advocate.

Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Akshay Latwal, Assistant

Government Advocate.

Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J.

This Application for anticipatory has been

filed in Case Crime No.280 of 2025, registered at Police Station Jhabrera, 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, on 16.09.2025, the police received a secret information that Sanawwar, Meharban, Sohail and Aslam are slaughtering a cow in a sugarcane field. The police raided the spot. They noticed that four persons were present on the spot. Seeing the police, they managed to escape from the spot. The police recovered 150 kg.

beef and other articles from the spot.

3. Heard Mr. Mohd. Safdar, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate for the respondent.

4. Mr. Mohd. Safdar, Advocate, contended that the applicants were not present on the spot. They were not involved in the said offence. The alleged beef was not recovered from their possession. The recovery was planted. Applicants are not convicted persons. They are permanent residents of District Haridwar, therefore, there is no possibility of their absconding.

5. Mr. Akshay Latwal, Assistant Government Advocate, 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 Sanawwar, Meharban, Sohail and Mohd. 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 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.

___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.

Dt: 23.09.2025 Pant/