( 2025:JHHC:35590 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 6688 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6688 of 2025 Md. Mojammil Ansari @ Mojammil Ansari, aged about 24 years, son of Mahboob Alam, resident of Village- Hosir, Niche Mohalla, P.O. & P.S. Kanke, District- Ranchi (Jharkhand) … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Prabir Kumar Chatterjee, Spl.P.P. ----- 04/28.11.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kanke P.S. Case No.249 of 2024, registered for the offence under Section 317(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 11(1)a, d e, f of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the allegation is against the petitioner of smuggling of bovine animals from the Pick-up van. He further submits that the one co-accused has stated that the petitioner is the driver of one of the Pick-up van. He then submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 16 of this application. He next submits that two of the co- accused persons have been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No.7044 of 2024 and A.B.A. No.6575 of 2024. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be driver of one of the Pick-up van. ( 2025:JHHC:35590 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 6688 of 2025 5. Considering that two of the co-accused have been granted privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.As. and the name of the petitioner has been taken by the co-accused and it has been pointed out that the petitioner was not present on the spot and further the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi in connection with Kanke P.S. Case No.249 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 28th November, 2025 Ajay/