Courts Supreme Court
Supreme Court grants bail to man held eight months over cow meat case
This case concerns a bail application filed by Mohammad Aarif Abdul Razak Samol, who is accused of illegally procuring and storing cow meat in violation of the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act and other laws.
The Supreme Court reviewed his continued incarceration and the merits of the prosecution's case to determine if he should be released on bail.
Who it concerns: The matter involves the Appellant, Mohammad Aarif Abdul Razak Samol, and the Respondent, State of Gujarat. The bench consisted of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi.
What the court decided
- The Court granted leave to file the appeal.
- The Court allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned order.
- The Court ordered the Appellant to be released on regular bail.
- The Court directed that the jurisdictional Court may impose such terms and conditions for bail as it deems fit.
Also in the document
- The Court noted that the Appellant had been in custody for more than eight months.
- The Court observed that the alleged meat was recovered from an open plot near the Appellant's house, not from a place exclusively owned by him.
- The Court stated that the Appellant's prior antecedents (five similar cases) do not constitute definitive proof of guilt in the present case.
- The Court explicitly stated it was not expressing any opinion on the merits of the case.
How this was written
An AI model running on our own computer read the government document and wrote this summary. No person has checked it.
✓ Figures checked. Every number in this summary was found in the document by an automated check.
That check compares numbers only. It cannot confirm that the wording says what the document says — so the original document is always the authority.
The original document
Supreme Court of India — orders & judgments
Court order · 2 Nov 2026
Read it here
Discussion
No one has discussed this document yet.