P&H: Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea in Cow Meat Recovery Case, Cites Need for Custodial Interrogation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a pre-arrest bail plea filed by Mufeed in a case involving alleged recovery of cow meat and camel meat. Justice Surya Partap Singh said the petitioner was not entitled to the extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail, especially when the investigation was still at an early stage.
The case arose from an FIR registered at Police Station Bahin, District Palwal, under provisions of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. According to the prosecution, police intercepted two persons on motorcycles during...
