The Allahabad High Court on November 14 granted bail to one Raheem accused of placing the remains of a dead calf in a temple to hurt the Hindus’ religious sentiments.
The bench comprising Justice Surendra Singh-I granted bail to Raheem. He was arrested on July 17 after being booked under Sections 153, 153A, 295, 295A, 120-B, 34 IPC, and Section 3/5/8 of the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act.
The FIR in the case was lodged by a Sub- Inspector working with the UP police, who was informed of this incident on July 16, 2022. As per the received information some unknown person had put the remains of a dead calf progeny to hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus in a Shiv temple.
After being arrested, Raheem moved the High Court for bail by submitting that he had not been named in the FIR nor arrested from the spot. It was also argued that the co-accused in the case, namely Asif, Iliyaas, Nihal, and Shahrukh have already been granted bail by the coordinate benches of the High Court. It was further submitted that he is languishing in jail since July 17, 2022, and has no criminal history to his credit.
In a direction, the court released the accused on bail with due consideration of the material/evidence brought on record, the submissions made by the counsel for the parties, the nature of allegations, the gravity of offence, and the larger mandate of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
