[2026:JHHC:20815] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3841 of 2026 Shamsul Ansari, aged about 41 Years, S/O Aziz Ansari R/O Village -Jongra P.O. & P.S.- Kudu, District- Lohardaga (Jharkhand). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. K.S. Nanda, Advocate. For the State : Mr. B. Shastri, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 14.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jari P.S. Case No. 16 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 281, 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 12(1) of Jharkhand Bovine Animal Slaughter Act, 2005 and Section 11(1)(d) of Animal Cruelty Act, 1960, pending in the court of learned Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the owner of Bolero Pick-up van and allegations are made that on the said vehicle, the bovine animals were being carried. He next submits that the said vehicle was being driven by the driver. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- 12 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be the owner of the said vehicle. 5. Considering that the vehicle in question was being driven [2026:JHHC:20815] -2- by the driver and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-12 of the petition and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gumla, in connection with Jari P.S. Case No. 16 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-14.07.2026 Amitesh/-