Today the Supreme Court has issued notice to hardcore cow smuggler Nazim Khan on the review petition of the state government. The bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to Nazim Khan to reply to the petition for cancellation of bail filed by the state government.
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The Supreme Court has also asked the accused the reason for not appearing in the cases pending in the courts of Uttar Pradesh. Along with this, he has also been asked to tell the status of the cases registered against him.
Actually, the Supreme Court had granted bail to cow smuggler Nazim Khan on October 21. In the decision, the Supreme Court had said that in this case, neither the power of attorney of any lawyer was presented by the state government, nor was any lawyer present during the hearing. After which the government had presented a review petition.
The accused has misused the bail Appearing on behalf of the state government, Additional Advocate General Shiv Mangal Sharma said that apart from Rajasthan, a total of 7 cases including cow smuggling are registered against the accused in Uttar Pradesh. Of these, 4 are of similar nature (cow smuggling).
The accused has been declared absconding in many cases. Non-bailable warrants are pending against him in Sambhal, Hathras, Agra and Chandauli of Uttar Pradesh. The accused has a record of misusing bail.
The accused is a habitual cow smuggler. If the accused remains outside, he can commit a similar crime again.
Supreme Court had granted bail to the accused In the Supreme Court, the bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjav Bhuyan had granted bail to the accused on October 21. The court had said in its decision – The accused is a resident of Uttar Pradesh, hence there is a possibility of his being absent during the trial in Rajasthan. But, there seems to be no reason to keep him in indefinite detention.
The smuggler had escaped by dodging the police Nazim Khan is accused of being involved in cow smuggling along with his co-accused. According to the police report, on February 13, 2021, during police patrolling in Nadauti police station area of Karauli district, a container coming from Gangapur City was stopped on the suspicion of cow smuggling. On examination of the container, it contained 26 cows of different ages. Among these, 3 calves aged between 3 to 6 years and a cow of about 5 years were found dead. The container was confiscated. The driver and another accused were arrested. But the third person, later identified as Nazim Khan, had escaped. He was arrested only on 30 April 2024.