'Dogs and Cats Not Human Beings': Bombay High Court Quashes Rash Driving Case Against Swiggy Delivery Executive Who Accidentally Mowed Down Stray Dog
The court made the above observation while quashing a case against a Swiggy delivery person who had accidentally mowed down a stray dog while delivering a food parcel.
The owners may treat dogs and cats as their children but dogs and cats aren’t human beings and hence a person cannot be booked under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC pertaining to endangering a human’s life for a dog’s death, the Bombay High Court has held. The court made the above observation while quashing a case against a Swiggy delivery person who had accidentally mowed down a stray dog while delivering a food parcel. Bombay High Court Raps Law Firm, Imposes Rs 5000 As Fine for Disclosing Rape Victim's Name in Petition
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Dogs, cats are not human beings: Bombay High Court quashes FIR against Swiggy delivery person who accidentally mowed down dog
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