( 2026:JHHC:21031 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3861 of 2026 Sonu Kumar Yadav, aged about 29 years, son of Bharat Yadav, resident of village Laxamanpur, P.O. Chamarpur, P.S. Shahpur, District-Bhojpur, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Priya Shrestha, Spl. P.P. 02/ 17.07.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Balidih P.S. Case No. 122 of 2025, registered under sections 291, 317(2), 3(5) of BNS, 2023, section 11(1) (d) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and under sections 3, 4, 12 of the Jharkhand Bovine Animal Prohibition of Slaughter Act, 2005, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is owner of pick-up van and allegations are made of carrying bovine animals on the said vehicle. He next submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 9 of the petition. He further submits that bovine animals were booked by another person. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that illegally the bovine animals were being carried on the said vehicle. 5. Considering that petitioner is owner of pick-up van, the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 9 of the petition and it has been pointed out that bovine animals were booked by another person and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I ( 2026:JHHC:21031 ) am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner 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 S.D.J.M, Bokaro, in connection with Balidih P.S. Case No. 122 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.17.07.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-