Sanjay Prasad Yadav Allias Sanjay Yadaav v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail application A.B.A. No. 235 of 2026, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, decision dated 19.01.2026. Petitioners Sanjay Prasad Yadav @ Sanjay Yadav and Chandan Kumar Yadav (owner and driver of pickup van carrying bovine animals cruelly) apprehend arrest in Godda (Muffasil) P.S. Case No.206 of 2025 under Sections 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Section 11 Prevention of Animal Cruelty Act 1960, Section 12(1) Jharkhand Bovine Animal Prohibition of Slaughter Act 2005, pending before CJM Godda. Consignment booked by another person; no criminal antecedent. Anticipatory bail allowed; surrender within three weeks; bail bond Rs.25,000/- each with two sureties of like amount; conditions under Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023. Counsel: Ashish Kr. Thakur for petitioners; Prabhu Dayal Agarwal for State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners: surrender within three weeks; on surrender/arrest, release 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Godda, in connection with Godda (Muffasil) P.S. Case No.206 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.