2026:JHHC:13768 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2267 of 2026 ------ Md. Safdar Quraishi, son of Mujibul Haque, resident of House No.46, Road No.7, Bagan Shahi, Azadnagar, P.O. and P.S. Mango, Town Jamshedpur, District East Singhbhum .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Shravan Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Achinto Sen, A.P.P. ------ 02/07.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mango P.S. Case No. 03 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 2(1), 12(2), 12(3) of Jharkhand Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter) Act, 2005 and Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty of Animal Act, 1960, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case and petitioner is nothing to do with carrying of the bovine animal in the Innova car. He submits that the apprehended driver has taken the name of the petitioner. He also submits that petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 6 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has been taken by the driver. 5. Considering that the petitioner’s name has only come in the confessional statement of the driver and petitioner is not the owner and even it has been denied that the bovine animal were in possession of the petitioner and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 6 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two 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, 1st Class, Jamshedpur, in connection with Mango P.S. Case No. 03 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 11.05.2026