Step 1: Spare some time
Be prepared to spend a few hours to solve the issue. Call ananimal shelter and ask if they’llaccept the animal that you’re go-ing to rescue. The law says theanimal needs to be given to a reg-istered animal NGO for rehabil-itation. Request them to send anambulance. If an ambulance isunavailable, hire a vehicle de-pending on the species andtransport the animal to the shel-ter.
Step 2: Call 100
Call the police control roomnumber 100 and inform themabout the cruelty and the loca-tion. The control room will tellthe police patrol vehicle from thenearest station to rush to thespot. Normally the police willcome within five minutes. Withtheir help, rescue the animal. Al- ways have two copies of the fol-lowing law sections related toanimals in your vehicle.* PCA, 1960 - Section 11 (Pre-vention of Cruelty to Animals Act)* The Madras City Police Act,1988* The Towns Nuisance Act 1889* Wildlife Protection Act, 1972* IPC (Indian Penal Code) sec-tion 428 and 429: IPC sections areused if the criminal is trying tocruelly kill an animalTell the police that animal cru-elty is violation of these laws andan FIR needs to be registered.Give them a copy of these laws ( You can buy the book “AnimalLaws of India” from Sitaramanand Co, Ph: 2811 1516). In case of wild animal issues inform the CF(Conservator of Forests) of thedistrict.
Step 3: FIR
Please do not come out of thestation after just writing a com-plaint in the police dairy. Thecase will move to courts only if anF.I.R. is available. Write a com-plaint on a white sheet of paper.The police will prepare an F.I.Rbased on your complaint and willmention the relevant law sectionsgiven by you. The police have tosign and seal (using rubberstamp) the FIR and give you acopy.
What happens next?
The accused is arrested and re-manded. The police will providethe FIR and case documents tothe court. The court will call theaccused for hearing. A publicprosecutor (representing govt.) will present the case on behalf of the animals. Please provide allrelevant law and earlier animalcase judgment copies to publicprosecutors.If any individual/NGO is perso-nally interested, they can also filea legal case against the accused.
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(The author is a management consultant in an MNC and has changed the lives of hundreds of animals by ensuring that they also get justice.)
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