2026:JHHC:16625 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2977 of 2026 ---- 1.Wakib Bhandari, aged about 23 years, son of Yunush Bnandari, resident of Village Murgu, PO Nagpheni, PS Sisai, District Gumla, Jharkhand 2.Aurang Chaudhari, aged about 54 years son of Neyamat Choudhary @ Neyamat Choudhari, resident of Village Sargaon, PO and PS Karanj, District Gumla, Jharkhand .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. K.S. Nanda, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Advocate ---- 2/10.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Jariyagarh PS Case No.09 of 2026, for offence registered under section 325, 317(5), 299, 3(5) of BNS, 2023, Section 11 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and Sections 12(1), 12(2), 12(3) and 13 of Jharkhand Bovine Animals (Prohibition of Slaughter) Act, 2005, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khunti. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners are the owners of two different pick-up vans and the allegations are made that in the said pick-up vans, bovine animals were being carried. He also submits that the petitioners have got no criminal 2026:JHHC:16625 2 antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.7 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that illegally the bovine animals were being carried. 5. Considering that the petitioners are the owners of two different pick-up vans and they are having no criminal antecedentas aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to both the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, both the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khunti, in connection with Jariyagarh PS Case No.09 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 10.06.2026 SI/