Lucknow, Oct. 15 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has come down on what it described as a growing trend of "casual" and "frivolous" FIRs being registered under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, directing top officials of the state government to explain why such cases continue despite clear judicial precedents.
A division bench of Justice Abdul Moin and Justice Avdhesh Kumar Chaudhary made the observations while hearing a petition filed by Rahul Yadav, who sought quashing of an FIR lodged against him in Pratapgarh under Sections 3, 5A, and 8 of the Cow Slaughter Act and Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.
Yadav, the owner of an SUV, contended that his driver had taken the veh...