1 2025:CGHC:25474 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 808 of 2025 Bhakkal @ Chandrahas Sonwani S/o Barnu Ram Sonwani Aged About 46 Years R/o Village Bhakhara, P.S. Bhakhara, Tehsil And District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh (Age Wrongly Not Mentioned In The Cause Title Of The Impugned Order) ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. - Vidhan Sabha, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Prasoon Agrawal, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Ankita Shukla, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 18.06.2025 1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of Anticipatory Bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No. 192/2025, registered at Police Station – Vidhan Sabha, District – Raipur (C.G.) for the alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 4, 6 and 10 of Chhattisgarh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act, 2004 and Section 11(घ) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. ABHISHEK SHRIVAS Digitally signed by ABHISHEK SHRIVAS Date: 2025.06.20 11:14:15 +0530 2 2. According to the prosecution case, a pickup vehicle bearing registration number C.G. 06 G.V. 2907 was intercepted by the police near the overbridge at Village Amasavni. The vehicle was carrying eight bulls to a slaughterhouse in Odisha. The owner of the vehicle, namely Makhan Sahu (co-accused), stated in his memorandum that the applicant had loaded the animals into the vehicle and had taken the vehicle on rent from him. Thereafter, the aforesaid case was registered against the applicant. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that the applicant is neither the owner of the vehicle nor the driver of the said vehicle. He submits that the applicant has only been implicated in the instant matter pertaining to his name being allegedly recorded in the memorandum statement of one of the co- accused. He also submits that the applicant is a law-abiding citizen and only to tarnish his image the co-accused took the name of the applicant because of prior enmity. He further submits that the other co-accused, namely, Makhan Lal Sahu has already been granted regular bail by the learned trial Court. He also submits that the applicant has no criminal antecedents, therefore, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the applicant. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the anticipatory bail application of the present applicant and submits that a pickup vehicle with registration number CG 06 GV 2907 was intercepted by police near the over bridge at Village Amasavni, carrying eight bulls destined for a slaughterhouse in Odisha. The vehicle's owner, 3 Makhan Sahu (co-accused), stated in his memorandum that the applicant had loaded the animals into the vehicle and rented it from him, therefore, the applicant is not entitled for grant of anticipatory bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence and material on record in the case diary, and the fact that a pickup vehicle with registration number CG 06 GV 2907 was intercepted by police near the overbridge at Village Amasavni, carrying eight bulls destined for a slaughterhouse in Odisha. The vehicle's owner, Makhan Sahu (co-accused), stated in his memorandum that the applicant had loaded the animals into the vehicle and rented it from him, therefore, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant – Bhakkal @ Chandrahas Sonwani, involved in Crime No. 192/2025, registered at Police Station – Vidhan Sabha, District – Raipur (C.G.) for the alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 4, 6 and 10 of Chhattisgarh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act, 2004 and Section 11(घ) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, is rejected. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Abhishek