Petitioners sought anticipatory bail for alleged illegal slaughter and sale of beef under BNS and the Assam Cattle Preservation Act. The court noted the FIR did not establish the area was predominantly Hindu-inhabited or within 5 km of a temple, and since the offending item was seized, custodial interrogation was unnecessary.
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GAHC010278622025
2026:GAU-AS:453
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : AB/2948/2025
SAIF UDDIN AND ANR
S/O WAHAB ALI, R/O VILL NO 6, DAKHIN SAMARALI, PS MURAJHAR, DIST HOJAI, ASSAM
VERSUS
STATE OF ASSAM
TO BE REPRESENTED BY THE LEARNED PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM
Advocate for the Petitioner : MR A W AMAN, MD A RAHMAN,SAMIM RAHMAN,MR. SURAJIT DAS,MR SARFRAZ NAWAZ
Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM,
BEFORE
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA
ORDER
Date : 09.01.2026
B. Sharma, learned Addl. P.P for the State.
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JUDGE
Comparing Assistant
1 issue framed by the court
Whether pre-arrest bail should be granted where beef was seized from the petitioners but the FIR did not allege the area was predominantly non-beef-eating or within 5 km of a religious institution.
3 provisions across 3 enactments
Saif Uddin
Anis Ahmed @ Anish Uddin
State of Assam
Sanjeev Kumar Sharma
As recorded by the court registry
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