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Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court: Possession of dead cow, bull skin not an offence
Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, on Wednesday, repealed an FIR against Shafiqullaha Khan for possessing skin of dead cows and stated that it was no offence under any law to possess skin of a dead cow.
A bench of justices, including VM Deshpande and AS Kilor passed an order of December 14, which stated that under the 1976 Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act (MAPA), possession of dead cow/bull or bullocks skin won’t be an offence.
The bench said the same while hearing Khan’s plea, who was booked under MAPAs Section 5A, 5B and 5C (prohibition on transportation of cow, bull or bullock within the state/ outside the state/ possession of their flesh) in July 2018 for possessing 187 skins of dead cows.
The accused wasn’t transporting or exporting cow, bull or bullocks. There are no allegations of animal slaughter against him, neither did he purchased or sold dispose of cow, bull or bullocks. Legally, no criminal proceedings can be constituted against Khan, said the bench.
The order further read that possession of dead animals skin was not covered under the provisions of MAPA thus there was no prohibition to possess skin of dead cow/bull/bullock.
Provisions, under which Khan was booked, are for sale/purchase of cow, bull or bullock for slaughter and possession of their flesh. There are no such allegations against him, hes free to go, said the court while freeing Khan of all charges.
Monitor Lizard (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
In the most unbelievable incident ever, four men were arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). The reserve is spread over four districts of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
The gruesome incident took place at Gothane village in Ratnagiri district on March 31 when the four accused illegally entered Chandoli National Park (part of the reserve). One of the four was also carrying a gun for hunting.
The Maharashtra Forest Department checked the mobile phone of one of the accused and that’s when he learnt about the incident. The officials found the recording of the act, which showed the accused allegedly gang-raping the monitor lizard.
A forest official said the four accused were identified as Sandeep Tukaram Pawar, Mangesh Kamtekar, Akshay Kamtekar and Ramesh Ghag.
The official said, “During the investigation, the forest officials found that the accused had allegedly raped a Bengal monitor lizard. Their act was also recorded in a mobile phone of one of the accused persons. We have recovered all the related evidence from the accused and they were granted forest department custody initially, but are out on bail now. They have been asked to mark their presence before the forest officer, who is probing the case, every Monday.”
“The four accused have been booked under various sections of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972,” said field director of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), Nanasaheb Ladkat.
Crime
ED attaches Sanjay Raut’s properties in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case; Raut tweets ‘Asatyamev Jayate’
Sanjay Raut
Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attached Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut’s property in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case. The ED, in February, had also arrested his close friend Pravin Raut.
The ED attached Raut’s plot in Alibaug and one flat in Mumbai’s Dadar area.
After ED attached Raut’s properties, the latter tweeted, “Asatyamev Jayate (the lies win)”
The attachment is linked to a money laundering probe linked to an alleged scam related to the re-development of a chawl in Mumbai.
More details are awaited.
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