( 2026:JHHC:18793 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3400 of 2026 1. Sabir Mian @ Md. Sabir Ali Ansari, aged about 54 years, son of Late Samsu Mian @ Samsuddin Ansari 2. Nesar Ansari @ Mohammad Nisar Ahmad @ Md. Nisar Ahmad, aged about 47 years son of Tetur Mian @ Tetu Mian 3. Sarwar Anshari @ Gulam Sarwar aged about 27 years son of Md.Answar Ansahri @ Md. Anwar Anshari 4. Bablu Ansahri @ Md. Ishrafill @ Mohammad Ishrafill @ Bablu Anshari @ Md. Ishrafil aged about 33 years, son of late Alauddin All above petitioners are resident of village Amin, Post Office and Police Station Hunterganj, District-Chatra ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Manish Yadav, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sunil Kumar Dubey, A.P.P. (Through V.C.) 02/ 29.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with, Hunterganj P.S Case No. 131 of 2024 for the alleged offences registered under Section 11(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960 and section 12 (1) of the Jharkhand Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter ) Act 2005, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate- 1st Class, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the name of the petitioners has come on the confessional statement of the co- accused persons and co-accused persons have also been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail and orders have been annexed as Annexure-2 series. He further submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedents as disclosed in para-11 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State through video conferencing opposes the prayer of the anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 5. Considering, that the other co-accused have been granted the ( 2026:JHHC:18793 ) privilege of anticipatory bail in view of annexure-2 series and further the petitioners have got no criminal antecedents as disclosed in para 11 of the petition, in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the 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 the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Chatra, in connection with Hunterganj P.S Case No. 131 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.29.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-