Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday imposed ban on sale of beef in the state. A Division Bench of State High Court comprising Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal today banned sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Division Bench directed Director General of Police to ensure that appropriate directions are issued to all SSPs/SPs/SHOs of all districts and police stations in J&K that there is no sale on beef in anywhere in the state and strict action is taken in accordance with law against those who indulge in it.
The ban came after a Public Interest Litigation against cow slaughter filed by Advocate Parimoksh Seth. The PIL said that slaughtering or killing of bovine animals were an offence punishable under Section 298-A and possession of such slaughtered animal an act punishable under Section 298-B of the RPC.