Animal cruelty penalty as low as Rs 10 for first offence: Govt

You cant even buy a sandwich for Rs 10 but you can torture an animal and just pay a fine, why do you think animal cruelty in India is so rampant?

For the second or subsequent offence committed within three years of the previous offence, the person is punishable with a fine of not less than Rs 20 but which may extend to Rs 100, or with imprisonment for a term that may extend to three months.

Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying S P Singh Baghel, in his written reply to the Lok Sabha, said as per Section 11(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, any person who treats an animal cruelly shall, for th…

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