[2025:JHHC:23788] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4437 of 2025 Meraz Ansari @ Arbaz Ansari, aged about 19 years, Son of Mohammad Shamim Ansari @Shamim Khan Resident of village Bazar Tand, Tapkara P.O. Barda, P.S. Tapkara, District Khunti. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Pranav Prakash Mishra, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 14.08.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Tapkara P.S. Case No. 08 of 2025, registered for the alleged offence under Sections 317(5) and 325/3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 11(1)(d)/11(1)(e)/ 11(1)(f)/ 11(1)(a) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and Section 12(1) of the Jharkhand Bovine Animal Prohibition of Slaughter Act, 2005, pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Khunti. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegations are made against the petitioner of escorting of a vehicle, on which, bovine animals were being carried. He submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-17 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the secret information. 5. Considering that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-17 of the petition and only allegation against the petitioner is made of escorting [2025:JHHC:23788] -2- the vehicle, on which, bovine animals were being carried, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Khunti, in connection with Tapkara P.S. Case No. 08 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Amitesh/-