Naveed Tariq vs State S — 2025 PCrLJ 627 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 PCrLJ 627 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Naveed Tariq vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---P; S. 3A; Punjab Animal Slaughter Control Act (III of 1963); Punjab Food Authority Act (XVI of 2011); Punjab Animal Slaughter Control Act; Punjab Food Authority Act; Punjab Animals Slaughter Control Act

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Judgment text as reported

Naveed Tariq VS State S. 497---Punjab Animal Slaughter Control Act (III of 1963), Ss.3, 3-A & 8(2)---Punjab Food Authority Act (XVI of 2011) , Ss. 22-A & 24---Restriction on slaughter of animals---Bail, refusal of---Offence by large scale manufacturers---Unsafe food ---Possession of dead meat---Culpability under the Punjab Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1963---Scope ---Food Safety Team, inspected a vehicle driven by the petitioners (two in number) and found 15 mounds/600 kilograms meat unfit for human consumption---Petitioners could not produce any record of sale and purchase of said meat nor any agreement or delivery challan in that respect during inspection---Validity---Record (statements of veterinary doctor as well as food safety officers, vehicle carrying dead meat, Destruction Form) and non-provision of relevant documents (like sale purchase record of said meat or agreement for delivery or transportation to a certain food point or certificate from a slaughter house) clearly indicated the criminal liability of the petitioners, not only under penal provisions of Punjab Food Authority Act, 2011, but also under the provisions of the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control Act, 1963 (' the Act 1963') also---Section 8(2) of the Act 1963 prescribes punishment, with imprisonment which may extend to eight years but which shall not be less than four years and with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand rupees but which shall not be less than three hundred thousand rupees---Thus, if the allegations are not rebutted, the Court shall not wait for formal proof rather presume the commission of offence under provision as reflected from S. 3A of the Act 1963 so as to punish the offenders ---Bail was refused to the accused , in circumstances.

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