Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)

Puttur, Oct 11: The state high court, on Tuesday October 10, issued an interim stay against the inclusion of the name of the advocate from here, Chinmay Rai, as an accused in a cattle trafficking case. The name of the advocate, Chinmay, was included by the police in the case on the basis of a complaint made by certain individuals.

The single judge bench of the high court presided over by Justice Aravind Kumar, which considered a petition filed by Chinmay Rai, stayed the operation of a notice served by the police, duly asking the advocate to personally appear before them and record the statement on October 11. As the petitioner asked for effective implementation of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Karnataka Cow Slaughter Prevention and Protection Act 1964, and The Karnataka Prevention of Animal Sacrifices Act 1959, the bench also served notices to the central and state governments.

The petitioner has also sought to place complete ban on illegal slaughterhouses and take stringent steps against illegal cow trafficking.

Advocate, Arun Shyam, who appeared on behalf of the petitioner in the high court, accused the police of unnecessarily including the name of his client in the case although he had passed information to the police as per law and extended to them professional help without seeking anything in the bargain. He insisted that Rai was not backed by any other aim, but the police are creating problems for Rai by serving notices on the basis of a complaint filed by the accused," he argued.

Noticing that some cows were being illegally transported on August 12 within the limits of the rural police station here, some persons had passed on information to the police. Thereby they had succeeded in stopping illegal cattle transportation and registering complaint against the concerned. Those named as accused in the case had later filed a case against the informants and the police had served notices to the concerned on September 11.