28 August, 2010

Gzb court sentences two to 5-yr RI for cruelty to animals

In a rare order, a Ghaziabad court on Monday sentenced two persons to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment for violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and some sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The two convicts had been accused of setting on fire a cattle shed in Modinagar. This resulted in the deaths of a cow and a buffalo belonging to one Om Pal of Jagatpuri in the subdivision of Ghaziabad district.
According to the state counsel for the prosecution, Pramod Kumar Tanwar, Om Pal of Jagatpuri had filed a report at the Modinagar police station on July 17, 2007. The report said Jagatpuri residents, Shiv Ram and Lokesh, set his cattle shed on fire while he and his family were asleep at night. The fire spread and engulfed the whole cattleshed, and left Om Pal’s cow and buffalo dead. A case was then registered under Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and Sections, 428, 429 and 436 of the Indian Penal Code, the last three dealing with mischief resulting in damage to or death of animals.
After a trial, additional district judge R N Singh of fast track court number 7 sentenced the two accused.
Source:- The Times of India,25 August 2010 Delhi Page No 6

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