Narsinghpur: FIR Registered for Killing of Five Puppies, Following PETA India Intervention
Following the gruesome killing of five community puppies, PETA India worked with the Sainkheda police to ensure that a first information report (FIR) was promptly registered. The incident was reported by Smt Maya Vishwakarma, Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat Mehragaon, who brought attention to this horrific act of cruelty.
The incident occurred on 04 December at Gram Panchayat, Mehragaon, Sainkheda, Narsinghpur – 422 210, where the accused, identified as Mr. Foola Kahar, allegedly threw five puppies after stuffing them in a cardboard box in the village panchayat premises, resulting in their grievous deaths. The FIR is registered under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which makes the maiming or killing of any animal a cognisable offence and provides for a jail term of up to five years, a fine, or both.
PETA India recommends that perpetrators of animal abuse undergo psychiatric evaluation and receive counselling, as abusing animals indicates a deep psychological disturbance. Research shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals are often repeat offenders who move on to hurting other animals, including humans. A study published in Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal stated, “Those who engage in cruelty to animals to animals were [three] times more likely to commit other crimes, including murder, rape, robbery, assault, harassment, threats, and drug/substance abuse.”
PETA India has long campaigned to strengthen the PCA Act, 1960, which contains outdated, inadequate penalties, such as a maximum fine of only Rs 50 for convicted first-time offenders (although the BNS, 2023 prescribes stronger punishments). In a proposal sent to the central government regarding an amendment to the PCA Act, PETA India has recommended significantly increasing penalties for cruelty to animals.
