Gir Somnath: A courtroom in Gujarat has convicted seven individuals, together with three vacationers from Ahmedabad, and sentenced them to totally different jail phrases for harassing a lioness in Gir forest in 2018.
In an order issued on Monday, Judicial Magistrate First Class at Gir Gadhada, Sunik Kumar Dave, awarded three years’ rigorous imprisonment to 6 of the accused, whereas one other accused was sentenced to at least one yr in jail.
The courtroom additionally directed the district collector to take custody of land allotted to the household of one of many convicts in Dhumbakarea of Babaria vary of the forest the place the incident came about, reported information company PTI.
Eight individuals have been arrested in May 2018 after a video clip surfaced on social media in which they have been seen harassing a lioness by luring it with a hen as bait.
The feline was seen making determined makes an attempt to seize the hen and later acquired it, however not earlier than the accused had their share of enjoyable in teasing it.
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The courtroom awarded three years’ sentence to 6 of the accused – Ilyas Hoth, Abbas Baloch, Altaf Baloch (from Gir Gadhada taluka in the district), and three vacationers Ravi Patadiya, Divyang Gajjar and Rathinbhai Patel.
They have been pronounced responsible underneath the Wildlife (Protection) Act Sections 2 (16)(B) (capturing, trapping or baiting any wild animal), 9 (searching), 27 (restriction on entry in a sanctuary) and different provisions.
Besides, accused Magilal Meena was sentenced to one- yr rigorous imprisonment after being convicted underneath Section 27 of the Act.
The Justice of the Peace additionally imposed a positive of Rs 10,000 positive on every of the accused and directed Rs 35,000 from the quantity collected to be deposited to the lion welfare fund.
The courtroom acquitted one other accused, Hasambhai Koreja, for need of proof in opposition to him.
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