3. By means of the present anticipatory bail application, the applicants seek grant of anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest in connection with FIR dated 18.02.2026, registered as Case Crime No. 50 of 2026, under Sections 3/5/11 of the Uttarakhand Protection of Cow Progeny Act, 2007, at Police Station Kotwali Roorkee, District Haridwar.

4. Learned counsel for the applicants would submit that the impugned FIR has been lodged on the allegation that during patrolling duty, the police received information that applicant no.1, along with certain other persons, had allegedly slaughtered cow progeny and was storing and distributing beef from his residence. It is further alleged that thereafter the police conducted a raid at the spot and allegedly recovered certain packets said to contain beef, one electronic weighing machine and approximately 150 kilograms of alleged beef and the recovered material was thereafter inspected and sampled by the Veterinary Officer and, on the basis thereof, the present FIR came to be registered.

5. Learned counsel for the applicants would further submit that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case; that, the applicants were not present at the spot at the time of the alleged recovery and that their implication is solely based upon the confessional statement of a co-accused who was apprehended from the spot; that, no incriminating recovery has been effected from the possession of the applicants.

6. Per contra, learned State Counsel opposed the anticipatory bail application and submitted that a substantial quantity of alleged beef has been recovered during the raid conducted by the police and the investigation is still in progress.

7. To this, learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are ready and willing to surrender before the court concerned and seek permission to withdraw the present anticipatory bail application with liberty to surrender before the competent court within a reasonable period. It is further prayed that till such surrender, the applicants may be granted protection from arrest.

8. Learned State Counsel has no objection to the aforesaid prayer.

9. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record.

10. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and in view of the statement made on behalf of the applicants, the present anticipatory bail application is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the applicants to surrender before the court concerned on or before 10.07.2026 and seek appropriate relief in accordance with law.

11. Till 10.07.2026 or till the date of surrender, whichever is earlier, the applicants shall not be arrested in connection with FIR dated 18.02.2026, registered as Case Crime No. 50 of 2026, under Sections 3/5/11 of the Uttarakhand Protection of Cow Progeny Act, 2007, at Police Station Kotwali Roorkee, District Haridwar, provided they cooperate with the investigation and make themselves available before the Investigating Officer as and when required.

12. It is made clear that in the event the applicants fail to cooperate with the investigation or fail to surrender before the Court on or before 10.07.2026, the protection granted by this Court shall automatically stand vacated without any further order.