MAKSOOD AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA

106 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.24557 of 2026 Date of decision: 04.05.2026 Maksood and another …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present :- Mr. Nafees Ahmad Khan for the petitioners. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in FIR No.234 dated 15.10.2025, registered under Sections 3, 13(1), 13(3) and 8 of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015, at Police Station Sadar Tauru, District Nuh. 2. Briefly stated, the case of the prosecution is that on 15.10.2025, on the basis of secret information received by the complainant Rohit Yadav, he along with his team of Gau Raksha Dal proceeded towards Chilla forest (Beed), where the accused persons were allegedly found engaged in the act of cow slaughter. As per the allegations, accused Aakub alias Yakoob was armed with an axe and was cutting the legs of the cow, while petitioner Aasif was holding the legs of the cow. Accused Nadim and Saheed were stated to be cutting the skin of the cow and b