Attempt to hunt lion in Gir Somnath: Seven sent to three years in prison
The court of R M Chawda, judicial magistrate first class of Sutrapada, pronounced seven men guilty of attempting to hunt the lion and jackal on February 3, 2021 at Khambha village in Veraval range of Gjr Somnath territorial forest division.
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The court relied on circumstantial evidence like one of the witnesses having seen Habib injured and calling an ambulance. In Talala hospital, Habib told the doctor that he had been injured by a lion.A trial court at Sutrapada town in Gir Somnath sentenced seven men to three years of simple imprisonment for attempting to hunt a lion and a jackal in Sutrapada taluka in 2021. However, the court acquitted three others, including two women, for want of evidence.
The court of R M Chawda, judicial magistrate first class of Sutrapada, pronounced seven men guilty of attempting to hunt the lion and jackal on February 3, 2021 at Khambha village in Veraval range of Gjr Somnath territorial forest division.
The seven found guilty are Habib Parmar (48), Habib’s brothers Bhikha (55) and Assmal (43), Rajesh Parmar (22), Mansukh Parmar (73), Mansing Parmar (28) and Mansing’s younger brother Arvind (21) – all residents of Thangadh town in Surendranagar. However, the court acquitted Habib’s wife Mani, Mansukh’s wife Noorjhan and elder brother Samsher Parmar for want of evidence.
The 10 were booked after they pitched tents at Khambha village in Sutrapada, laid traps to hunt lions and other wild animals for their consumption and for selling body parts as traditional medicines.
According to prosecution, when a sub-adult lioness — around one year of age – got trapped in the snare, she started roaring, alerting her mother lioness. In response, the lioness came near the place where traps were laid. However, the accused started pelting stones on the sub-adult and the lioness. The lioness attacked Habib in the abdomen.
The matter had come to light when Habib was rushed to a hospital in the nearby Talala town for treatment. Eventually, the forest department rescued the lion cub as well as a jackal trapped in another snare at the same spot.
The court relied on circumstantial evidence like one of the witnesses having seen Habib injured and calling an ambulance. In Talala hospital, Habib told the doctor that he had been injured by a lion.
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