HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1550 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State. The present application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No.203 of 2024, under Section 3/5A/8 of the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act 1955, Section 11(D) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, Police Station Dhammaur, District Sultanpur. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has not been named in the FIR, nor was he arrested from the spot. It is further submitted that the name of the applicant has surfaced only in the confessional statement of the co-accused persons and that he has been falsely implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submits that the applicant undertakes to cooperate with the investigation and shall abide by all conditions that may be imposed by this Court. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submitted that the applicant is the owner of the vehicle bearing registration No. UP50ET6483. It is further submitted that the investigation is still in progress. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akhil Kumar Singh, Gyanendra Pratap Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ravikant Maurya .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Perused the record. On due consideration of the facts that the investigation is still in progress, the applicant has no previous criminal antecedents, his name has surfaced only in the confessional statement of the co-accused, and no recovery has been made from him, coupled with the undertaking furnished on his behalf to cooperate in the investigation, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be released on anticipatory bail in the light of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Sushila Aggarwal and others vs. State (NCT of Delhi) and another, (2020) 5 SCC 1, subject to his cooperation in the ongoing investigation. In view of the above, it is provided that in the event of arrest, the applicant Ravikant Maurya shall be released on anticipatory bail in the aforesaid Case Crime number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting officer/investigating officer/S.H.O. concerned with the following conditions:- The applicant shall report to the investigating officer within twenty days from today. He shall cooperate in the investigation and he will not influence the witness. The accused-applicant will remain present as and when the arresting officer/I.O./S.H.O. concerned call(s) for investigation/interrogation. The applicant shall not leave India without previous permission of the Court. The application is allowed. October 17, 2025 Madhu D.R/P.S NABAIL No. 1550 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- MADHU KUMARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench