No arrest for possessing beef, says Bombay HC in interim order
April 29, 2015 11:58
In an interim order, the Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government not to arrest anyone for possessing beef, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com.
A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and M S Sonak, which was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the governments recent ban on consumption and possession of beef, said that because the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act was enforced suddenly, no one can be arrested for possessing beef, even though an FIR can be filed for the same.
Holding the slaughter of bulls and bullocks as illegal, the bench decided to give the benefit of the doubt to those who, because of the suddenness of the ban, were in possession of beef.
The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for June 25.
A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and M S Sonak, which was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the governments recent ban on consumption and possession of beef, said that because the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act was enforced suddenly, no one can be arrested for possessing beef, even though an FIR can be filed for the same.
Holding the slaughter of bulls and bullocks as illegal, the bench decided to give the benefit of the doubt to those who, because of the suddenness of the ban, were in possession of beef.
The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for June 25.
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