2025:UHC:9277 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR VERMA 16TH OCTOBER, 2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.1183 of 2025 Mohd. Ikram .....Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…Respondent Counsel for the Applicant : Mr. Gaurav Singh, Advocate. Counsel for the Respondent : Mr. Akshay Latwal, Assistant Government Advocate assisted by Mr. Prabhat Kandpal, Brief Holder. Hon’ble Alok Kumar Verma,J. This Application for anticipatory bail has been filed in the First Information Report No.379 of 2025, registered at Police Station Bahadrabad, 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 30.09.2025, a secret information was received by the police that Ikram (applicant), Intjar, Shamim Ahmed and others are slaughtering cows in the forest. The police raided the spot. They recovered 200 kg. beef and 1 2025:UHC:9277 other articles from the spot. They noticed that six persons were present on the spot. Seeing the police, all six persons managed to escape from the spot. 3. Heard Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate for the respondent. 4. Mr. Gaurav Singh, Advocate contended that the applicant was not present on the spot. He has been falsely implicated by the police. He was not involved in the said offence. He is a permanent resident of District Haridwar, therefore, there is no possibility of his absconding. He is not a convicted person. Intjar and Shamim Ahmed, the co-accused of similar role, have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court. 5. Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned Assistant Government Advocate, on instruction, has opposed the anticipatory bail application orally. 6. Having heard the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view of the facts and circumstances of the case, without commenting on the merits of the case, the present Application, filed for anticipatory bail, is allowed. It is directed that in the event of arrest of the applicant Mohd. Ikram, he shall be released on anticipatory bail on executing a personal 2 2025:UHC:9277 bond of Rs. 30,000/- and two reliable sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the following conditions:- (i) Applicant shall cooperate with the Investigating Agency and he shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) If the charge-sheet is filed, the applicant shall attend the trial court regularly and he shall not seek any unnecessary adjournment; (iii) Applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person, acquainted with the facts of this case; (iv) Applicant shall not leave the country without the previous permission of the trial court. 7. It is made clear that if the applicant misuses or violates any of the conditions, imposed upon him, the prosecution agency will be free to move the Court for cancellation of the anticipatory bail. ___________________ ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J. Dt:16.10.2025 Neha 3 NEHA BISHT Digitally signed by NEHA BISHT DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=6f1c15b6305912b3f008e9a 4a8038ee7326b08b2d0e018b01be7 53f014836d27, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=3D89DC33779FB9677 068452F32DE6BA960BFE64D819EE4 4CA9CCE487B2FE0F92, cn=NEHA BISHT Date: 2025.10.16 19:01:37 +05'30'