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Three years rigorous imprisonment was awarded to six of the accused
They were pronounced guilty under the Wildlife (Protection) Act
Gir Somnath: A court in Gujarat has convicted seven people, including three tourists from Ahmedabad, and sentenced them to different jail terms 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 six of the accused, while another accused was sentenced to one year in jail.
The court also directed the district collector to take custody of land allotted to the family of one of the convicts in Dhumbakarea of Babaria range of the forest where the incident took place, reported news agency PTI.
Gujarat Court Convicts 7 for Holding an Illegal Lion Show in Gir Forest
The accused had reportedly assembled on a farm and baited a lion with a live chicken to show it to four tourists for money and recorded videos of the act.
A lioness and her cub at Gir. Photo: Ivy Dey/Wikimedia Commons
Law10/Mar/2021
New Delhi: A trial court in Gujarat’s Gir-Somnath district convicted seven men for harassing an Asiatic lion during an illegal lion show in the Babariya range of Gir (west) wildlife division in 2018, reported the
The court sentenced six of them to three years imprisonment, one person was sent to a one-year jail term and a fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on each of them.
Gujarat: 7 get jail terms for harassing lioness in Gir forest
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Updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 11:08 [IST]
Gir, Mar 09: A court in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat has convicted seven people, including three tourists from Ahmedabad, and awarded them different jail terms for harassing a lioness in Gir forest in 2018.
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In an order issued on Monday, Judicial Magistrate First Class at Gir Gadhada, Sunik Kumar Dave, awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to six of the accused, while another accused was sentenced to one-year in jail.
The court also directed the district collector to take custody of a land allotted to the family of one of the convicts in Dhumbakarea of Babaria range of the forest where the incident took place.
Video grab of the incident where one of the accused is seen toying the lioness with a live chicken
RAJKOT: In a landmark judgement, a court in Gir-Somnath district on Monday convicted seven persons for harassing Asiatic lions and sentenced six of them to three years imprisonment and one person to one-year jail term.
The court also ordered the district collector to take possession of the forest settlement village land of Ilyaas Hoth where the illegal lion show was organized on the night of May 18, 2018.
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