The Madras High Court quashed an animal-cruelty case against a man accused of pelting a stone at a neighbour’s pet dog, holding that the offence is non-cognizable and carries a maximum fine of Rs 50, so the police were required to obtain the Magistrate’s prior permission before registering the FIR, and had not. Chennai: The […]
Holding that liability under Section 82 of the BNS attaches to the spouse who already has a subsisting marriage and not to the person they marry, the Madras High Court granted anticipatory bail to a woman arrayed as the second accused, observing that on her case she and the complainant stand as two women wronged by the same man rather than as accused and victim.
