FIR Registered Against Buffalo Fighting Event In Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Following PETA India Complaint
Acting on the information received from a concerned citizen about an illegal buffalo fighting event that took place in Devlai village of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, PETA India worked with Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Police to get a first information report (FIR) registered against those responsible for organizing the unlawful event.
PETA India submitted a detailed complaint requesting stringent legal action against those responsible for organizing the illegal event and worked closely with Shri Prakash Jadhav, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Rural), to ensure the registration of a Suo Moto FIR. Consequently, an FIR was registered under Sections 62 read with 325, 125, 291 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023; along with Sections 11(1)(a), 11(1)(m), 11(1)(n), and 11(1)(I) of the PCA Act, 1960, and Section 12(a) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887 against the organizers.
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, prohibits inciting animals to fight with each other. In a landmark judgment in 2014, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favour of the petitioners, PETA India, and the government advisory body, the Animal Welfare Board of India, establishing that bullfighting, dogfighting, and any other staged fights between animals, including between humans and other animals, for entertainment, must end.
Buffalo fighting involves pitting two buffaloes against each other in a violent and bloody confrontation. The animals are hit and goaded into fighting until one is deemed the winner. Gambling is common at such events. These spectacles subject the animals to significant physical and psychological harm, including fractures, puncture wounds, and severe stress.
