1 2025:CGHC:57790 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1868 of 2025 Mahtab Qureshi S/o Chhunnu Qureshi Aged About 45 Years R/o Qureshi Mohalla, Lohardaga, District- Lohardaga, (Jharkhand) ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House O-cer, Chowki - Aara, Police Station Jashpur District- Jashpur (C.G.) ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Ajeet Kumar Yadav, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State : Mr. Malay Jain, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 27.11.2025 1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of Anticipatory Bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No. 304/2022 registered at Police Chowki-Aara, Police Station – Jashpur, District Jashpur (C.G.) for the o=ence punishable under Sections 4, 6 and 10 of the Krishak Pashu Parirakshan and Section 11 of the Prevention of Animal cruelty, 1960. 2. The prosecution story in brief is that the complainant, Sikul Singh, gave an oral intimation at Police Chowki Aara to the e=ect that when he, along with his wife, was going to Bartoli, he saw that cattle were loaded in a ABHISHEK SHRIVAS Digitally signed by ABHISHEK SHRIVAS Date: 2025.11.27 19:13:03 +0530 2 pick-up vehicle standing beside the road and that one cow had died in the pick-up. The complainant, with the help of other persons, lifted the cattle from the pick-up. On the basis of the said intimation, the aforesaid o=ences were registered against unknown persons. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present applicant is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. He submits that the incident took place in the year 2022, and the police have proceeded to arrest the present applicant after three years by sending a notice to the applicant for interrogation, without any basis. He further submits that the present applicant has no criminal antecedents, therefore, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the applicant. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel for the non-applicant/State, opposed the anticipatory bail application of the present applicant. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, the nature of the dispute, and the material available in the case diary, and further taking into account the fact that the incident occurred in the year 2022 and the police have sought to arrest the present applicant after three years by issuing a notice for interrogation, as well as the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents, I am, without commenting further on the merits of the case, inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the instant MCRCA is allowed and it is directed that in the event of arrest of the applicant – Mahtab Qureshi, on executing a personal bond and one local surety in the like sum to the satisfaction of the arresting O-cer, they shall be released on bail on the following conditions:- 3 (a) he shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such fact to the Court. (b) he shall not act in any manner which will be prejudicial to fair and expeditious trial. (c) he shall appear before the trial Court on each and every date given to him by the said Court till disposal of the trial. (d) the applicant and the surety shall submit a copy of his adhaar card along with a coloured postcard full size photo having printed the adhaar number on it, which shall be veriDed by the trial Court. (e) he shall not involve himself in any o=ence of similar nature in future. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) CHIEF JUSTICE Abhishek