FIR Registered Against Illegal Sacrifice of Goats and Chickens at Shri Anjaneya Swamy Temple, Bengaluru Following PETA India Intervention
After receiving information about a ritual taking place involving the illegal sacrifice of goats and chickens at Shri Anjaneya Swamy Temple in Electronic City, Bengaluru—PETA India worked with local activists, Bindu Ravihal and Vamsi Krishna to gather evidence and submit a complaint to the Parappana Agrahara police station, seeking immediate intervention to stop the sacrificial ritual and for the registration of an FIR.
The local activists, upon witnessing bloody scenes of goats and chickens having their throats slit in broad daylight in front of the temple, as also seen in recorded footage, immediately alerted authorities by calling 112 and informing the local police station. However, to their utter dismay, the police failed to halt the illegal sacrifice of the animals. Subsequently, based on the evidence collected, a complaint was filed at the Parappana Agrahara Police Station.
Acting on the complaint, the Parappana Agrahara Police Station registered FIR No. 120 of 2026 under Section 3 of the Karnataka Prohibition of Animal Sacrifices Act, 1959; Sections 3(5) and 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023; and Sections 11(1)(a) and 11(1)(l) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. We urge the Bengaluru City Police and the Bengaluru District Administration to take strict action to stop illegal animal sacrifices before more animals are killed.
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.
Just as human sacrifice is condemned as murder, the outdated practice of animal sacrifice must also end.
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