APHC010070992026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1111/2026 Between: MOHD SAJIT QUARESHI, C/O ZAKIR UR REHMANAGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, R/O H.NO.67-68,WARD 16, BLOCK AC, FAIZ ROAD,KAROL BAGH, EAST DELHI. - 110005 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP.BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,THROUGH S.H.O, ANANDAPURAM POLICE STATION,VISAKHAPATNAM COMMISSIONERATE, VISAKHAPATNAM. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. T V JAGGI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed seeking to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner / Accused No.6, in connection with Crime No.262 of 2025 on the file of Anandapuram Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate which is registered for the offences under Sections 5 and 6 read with 10 of The Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Cow Slaughter and Animal Preservation act, 1977 and Sections 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 61(2) of BNS. 2 2. Heard Sri T.V.Jaggi Reddy, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Sri K.Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that the Petitioner is innocent of the alleged offence and was falsely implicated in the present crime. Learned counsel would further submit that the Petitioner is no way concerned with AMMAR Enterprises. It is submitted that the present crime has been registered against the Petitioner based on the confession made by Accused No.2. Learned counsel would submit that there are no specific overt acts attributed against the Petitioner. Hence, prayed for grant of anticipatory bail to the Petitioner. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Petitioner along with the other Accused involved in slaughtering of cows, mixing the meat and marketing the same under the guise of buffalo meat by creating fabricated documents and thereby committed the alleged offences. It is further submitted that the Petitioner is the kingpin behind the racket. The offences committed by the Petitioner are serious in nature. No case is made out to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner. Hence, prayed for dismissal of the Petitioner. 5. The material placed on record would disclose that the allegations pertain to organized illegal slaughtering of cows, fabrication of documents, and marketing of the meat under the guise of buffalo meat, which are serious in nature and have wider societal ramifications. The contention that the case is registered solely on the basis of the confession of Accused No. 2 3 cannot, at this stage, be a ground to grant anticipatory bail, particularly when the prosecution asserts that the Petitioner is the kingpin behind the racket. 6. Having regard to the nature and gravity of the allegations, the manner in which the offences are alleged to have been committed, and the requirement of custodial interrogation for effective investigation, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner, at this stage. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:23.02.2026 Dinesh 4 THE HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No.1111 of 2026 DATE:23.02.2026 Dinesh