FIR Registered Against Illegal Piglet Sacrifice in Krishnarajapete, Mandya District, Karnataka Following PETA India Complaint
After receiving information about an ongoing ritual involving the illegal sacrifice of piglets at Sri Kshetra Chandagonahalli Amma Temple, Krishnarajapete, Mandya district—where piglets were brought to the temple premises and slaughtered in broad daylight as part of a customary sacrificial ritual—PETA India submitted a complaint to the Mandya police and district administration, seeking immediate intervention to stop the practice and registration of an FIR.
Acting on the complaint, the Deputy Commissioner, Mandya, directed the Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) to issue a notice to the temple authorities to discontinue the customary sacrifice of piglets, and the AHD subsequently issued the said prohibition notice. Additionally, the police station registered FIR No. 28 of 2026 under Sections 3, 5, and 6 of the Karnataka Prohibition of Animal Sacrifices Act, 1959, and Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
The complaint also cited the Karnataka Prevention of Animal Sacrifices Act, 1959, which, under Section 3, strictly prohibits the sacrifice of animals in or within the precincts of any place of public religious worship, or during any related congregation or procession. Section 4 prohibits any person from officiating, assisting, or participating in such sacrifices, and Section 5 bans the use of any place of public religious worship for this purpose. Section 6 makes violations of Sections 3, 4, and 5 punishable offences.
Also, PETA India highlighted that killing animals illegally by several persons in furtherance of a common intention is a punishable offence under Section 3(5) of the BNS, 2023. Under Section 325 of the BNS, mischievously killing animals is punishable with imprisonment for a term that may extend to five years, a fine, or both.
Gujarat, Kerala, Puducherry, and Rajasthan already have laws in place prohibiting the religious sacrifice of any animal in any temple or its precinct. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana prohibit it in any place of public religious worship, adoration, its precinct, or any congregation or procession connected with religious worship on a public street.
