HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 34485 of 2025 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. 1. Heard Sri Shivakant, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ajay Singh, learned AGA for the State-Respondent and perused the record. 2. This bail application has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 133 of 2025, under Sections 3/5/8 of the U.P. Cow Slaughter Act, and Section 11 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960 Police Station Husainganj, District Fatehpur. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case crime number. He submits that name of the applicant came into light in the confessional statement of the co-accused. The allegation of transporting the animals for slaughtering is false. He submits that there is no recovery of cow meat or any other incriminating article from the possession of the applicant. The applicant is not involved in the business of purchase and sale of the animals. The Police has shown false recovery of the alleged live progeny from the possession of the applicant. He submits that the applicant has no criminal history to his credit. It is further submitted that on the similar footing the co- accused Mohd. Saif @ Anjaan @ Babloo has been granted bail by the Court vide order dated 18.09.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 31160 of 2025 and the case of the applicant is on better footing to the co- accused who has been granted bail, therefore, the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail. There is no independent or public witness of the alleged incident. He further submits that the applicant is languishing in jail since 22.08.2025 and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. The applicant has no Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shivakant Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohd. Chand Alias Chand Babu .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) criminal history. Hence, bail has been prayed for. 4. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed, but could not dispute the fact that nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the applicant. 5. Considering all those facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima- facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. 6. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the accused-applicant, Mohd. Chand Alias Chand Babu, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions: i. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. ii. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. iii. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. iv. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. 8. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. October 28, 2025 pks BAIL No. 34485 of 2025 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad