Whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animal shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.

Classification of Offence as per Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)

  • Punishment:
    • Imprisonment for 5 years, or fine, or both.
  • Cognizable
  • Bailable
  • Triable by Magistrate of the first class.

23 thoughts on “Section 325: Mischief by killing or maiming animal.”

  1. Respected Judiciary,
    I request you to keep Fine atleast 10 Lakh Rupees, Because this Killers come out on bail or by paying An Amount of 50тВ╣ which was with our Previous Law Constiution , perhaps Brutal Animal Killings Should be punished and especially killing in name of God for Sacrifice Should also be Stopped

      1. Fine should be above 1 lakh to 10 Lakh so that people has to think before doing any abuse or heinous activity to animals.
        REQUEST –
        THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE BETTER PLACE FOR THESE ANIMALS WITHOUT ASKING ANYTHING FOR THEMSELVES SO DO NOT LET THEM DOWN.

        1. Aptly mentioned by you. The abuse of animals should not be taken for granted & ignored. Awareness among various sections of society to respect the life in different forms & also fear to not do something bad to them is needed. ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ЁЯЩПЁЯлб

    1. People are fearless and not hesitating to kill especially stray dogs as the old laws were weak. The new section looks hopeful. I request you to increase the fine and imprisonment both to the extent that , they donтАЩt even think about injure a dog

  2. Respected Judiciary,
    There are so many cases where the people commit heinous crimes against these innocent animals and still rome free because of less fine. Requesting you to please mandate both fine and imprisonment. Also the fine should be hefty so no one should able to think to harm these animals as they are a part of our society and taking care of them is our responsibility.

    1. Agree, otherwise no one will take this seriously. The strays are being tortured alot. There has to be a hefty fine and a year imprisonement atleast.

  3. Nayana Bargir

    Certainly! HereтАЩs a shorter version:

    The 50 rupee fine for offenses under Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code is insufficient and fails to deter criminal behavior. Such a minimal penalty trivializes the seriousness of the crime, making it easy for offenders to choose the fine over imprisonment. Even the poorest can easily pay this amount, which undermines the justice system and fails to provide adequate recompense to victims. It is crucial to revise this law to ensure penalties are proportional to the severity of the offence and truly act as a deterrent. Request the respective authorities to look into this matter and take appropriate action asap.

  4. Aakanksha shah

    Request the judiciary to please impose a hefty penalty fine of atleast Rs 10 lakh. 50 rs is nothing . Just nothing. Please spread awareness. Animal cruelty is increasing day by day and we need your support.

  5. Aakanksha shah

    Request the judiciary to please impose a hefty penalty fine of atleast Rs 10 lakh to 15 lakh . 50 rs is nothing . Just nothing. Please spread awareness. Animal cruelty is increasing day by day and we need your support.

  6. Please increase the fine amount. Very stringent punishment to be given. Community Service should be included where these criminals will serve the animals. There should be no mercy. Govt officials who are in the departments of animal welfare should be punished if they fail to do their duty & conspire with politicians & celebrities to relocate or euthanize street dogs & other animals. Police officers, politicians, celebrities, no matter who, should receive harsh punishment. FIRs must be registered immediately without harassment to the caregiver or feeder of these animals when they approach the police to lodge a complaint under this section.

  7. Hema Kalyanasundaram

    The 50 rupee fine for offenses under Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code is insufficient and fails to deter criminal behavior. Such a minimal penalty trivializes the seriousness of the crime, making it easy for offenders to choose the fine over imprisonment. It is crucial to revise this law to ensure penalties are proportional to the severity of the offence and truly act as a deterrent. Request the respective authorities to look into this matter and take appropriate action asap.

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  8. Paromita Puthran

    16 th May 2024 ( 10 yr old male vaccinated and neutered Companion dog has been hit on head making him suffer seizure whole night, lost his eye sight, legs bone has been dislocated in my society. This all happened after stray has won high court case. Police don’t take case since political party is involved) there by dog lost his friends, I am feeder had to leave my work and carry him to dr , pee poo and now pay for kennel till end. Kindly help me to get case registered.

  9. This is not enough fine as a penalty. You must have stricter control measures for animal abuse of any kind(including sexual abuse). Kindly make the fine for harming/hurting/killing any innocent animal at least 5 LAC RUPEES.

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  11. Respected Sir,
    This offense should be nonbailable jail term and penalty fine above 1 lakh. Because people are taking this very lightly, and giving no importance to stray. They are not even allowing the strays to sit and stay in the areas they are born, laws need to be stringent enough.

  12. Why fine is not increased upto that much where they’ll not think to do something like this & why sexual abuse is not included in this? Aur jo log animals ki care karte he unhe bhi aise haiwan bohat torture karte he. What u changed for us & those poor souls? This is really not helping anyone as you changed nothing

  13. Request you to kindly amend this law as It’s a murder hence there should be a death penalty or life imprisonment for ,”Whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animal. Animals are living plus can’t talk we as humans have a duty to protect them and have no right to kill them such Homosapiens who are committing such heinous crime/s shouldn’t be taken so lightly.
    Dear Judiciary the crime on animals is increasing day by day kindly take this into consideration to put an end to such cruelty in society. Please ЁЯЩПЁЯЩПЁЯЩПЁЯЩПЁЯЩП

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