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Five dairy owners accused of injecting banned oxytocin injection to increase milk producing capacity of their buffaloes, who were booked by Banaskantha’s Palanpur police last year, were convicted under provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act by a Palanpur magistrate court last week. They had pleaded guilty to the offence.
The five have been directed to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 each, following their conviction under Section 12 of the PCA Act. Section 12 stipulates punishment with fine, which may extend to Rs 1,000 or with imprisonment for a term that may extend to two years, or with both, for injecting substances to improve lactation.
The five were discharged from the offence under Section 429 of the IPC.
The complainant had found the schedule H drug, which is banned for retail sale by the Union government since 2018 due to its misuse in the cattle industry, during a visit to the two villages.
The order of conviction, dated May 13, issued by Chief Judicial Magistrate of Palanpur, A K Kaushik, said that the accused while pleading guilty argued for the minimum punishment, submitting that this is their first offence, that they are the earning heads of their family and responsible for maintaining them and if sent to prison, then family income will be affected.
The accused also assured that they shall not repeat the offence and that they regret their actions.
Taking the same into consideration, the court sentenced the five to pay Rs 1,000 as penalty, failing which they will be liable to two days of simple imprisonment.
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