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Salman v. State of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand HC6 May 2026WPCRL/810/2026

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WPCRL No. 810 of 2026, Uttarakhand High Court, Rakesh Thapliyal, J., decided 06.05.2026. Petition sought quashing of FIR No. 88 of 2026 (dated 02.05.2026, P.S. Kaliyar Shareef, District Haridwar) under section 3/5/11 of the Uttarakhand Protection of Cow Progeny Act, 2007, and restraint on arrest/coercive measures. Disposed of with direction to surrender on or before 10.06.2026; no coercive action till then. Keywords: cow progeny Act FIR; certiorari; mandamus; surrender direction; interim protection from coercive action.

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Direction to the petitioner to surrender before the court concerned on or before 10.06.2026, with no coercive action to be taken against him till then; no direction quashing the FIR was issued. ¶2

Salman Vs State of Uttarakhand — Uttarakhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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SL. No.	Dat e	Office Not es, r epor t s, or der s or pr oceedin gs or dir ect ion s an d Regist r ar ’s or der w it h Sign at u r es	COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL No. 810 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Sushil Kumar, learned counsel holding the brief of Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Himanshu Sain and Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. By the instant petition the petitioner is praying for the following reliefs: i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned FIR lodged by the respondent no. 3 on 02.05.2026 registered as FIR No. 88 of 2026 for the offences punishable under section 3/5/11 of the Uttarakhand Protection of Cow Progeny Act, 2007, Police Station Kaliyar Shareef, District Haridwar against the petitioner (contained as Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition) from page no. 14 to 20. ii. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 1 and 2 not to arrest the petitioner and not take any coercive measure against the petitioner in pursuance to the impugned FIR dated 02.05.2026 registered as FIR No. 88 of 2026 for the offences punishable under section 3/5/11 of the Uttarakhand Protection of Cow Progeny Act, 2007, Police Station Kaliyar Shareef, District Haridwar against the petitioner (contained as Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition). From page no. 14 to 20. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to surrender before the court concerned, however, he may be given some reasonable time to surrender. 5. Learned State counsel have not raised any objection. 6. In such view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of finally with the direction to the petitioner to surrender before the court concerned on or before 10.06.2026. Till then no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 06.05.2026 PR

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Salman v. State of Uttarakhand

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