Delhi HC quashes cross FIRs in scuffle over dealing with of pet canine

The Delhi High Court has quashed two cross FIRs registered on neighbours’ complaints following a scuffle over the dealing with of pet canine. It noticed that your complete dispute unfolded within the identify of beloved pets, making it “a case that redefines, for the love of canine!”

Unlike the dog-bite incidents, the case was of a completely completely different sort – a neighbourhood quarrel over dealing with of pets that spiralled into prison complaints.

Justice Arun Monga, within the order handed on August 20, famous that the quarrel, which escalated into allegations of assault, intimidation and misbehaviour, was primarily “non-public in nature” and arose out of “pointless variations” over the dealing with of pets.

“Continuation of the prison proceedings would serve no helpful goal and would moderately quantity to an abuse of the method of legislation. Not quashing the prison proceedings would moderately rekindle hostility, whereas quashing the identical would promote cordiality and bonhomie between the neighbours,” the courtroom mentioned.

The decide accepted the settlement reached between the events, who signed a memorandum of understanding, however directed every to pay ₹10,000 to a canine shelter run by an NGO – Unity for Stray Animal Foundation – in Khera Khurd, north Delhi.

The two cross FIRs have been filed on February 19, 2024, on the Ok.N. Katju Marg police station in Rohini.

The counsel for each events submitted that there was a “critical misunderstanding” on the a part of their purchasers that led to the lodging of FIRs.