<p class="title">When it comes to the ‘holy’ cow, Haryana takes pride in flaunting it’s ‘holier than thou’ credentials on cow protection.</p>.<p class="title"><span>But ever since the state implemented newer and stricter laws in the name of cow protection— banning cow slaughter, sale and consumption of beef— not a single person has been convicted. </span></p>.<p class="title">All accused tried under the new laws have been acquitted by courts, putting a question mark on the probe agency.</p>.<p class="title">Muslim-dominated Nuh in Mewat region of Jatland accounts for a maximum number of cases registered under the new anti-cow slaughter laws.</p>.<p class="title">As many as 792 cases were registered by the police in Nuh district until March 2019 this year.</p>.<p class="title">A total of 13 such criminal cases have so far been decided by the competent courts.</p>.<p class="title">Not a single person was convicted for any offence under the cow protection laws. All the accused in these many cases were acquitted by the Courts in the face of a failed prosecution.</p>.<p class="title">The Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh, which is seized of the matter, isn’t pleased with the status of cow protection under the new laws.</p>.<p class="title">High Court Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu has now asked the additional advocate general Haryana, Pawan Girdhar, to visit Nuh district and submit a report.</p>.<p class="title">Girdhar will analyse the situation on the anti-cow slaughter law and its implementation.</p>.<p class="title">He will report to the Court on the status of the slaughter of cows in Nuh.</p>.<p class="title">Given the sensitivity of the visit, the court has directed the state police to ensure adequate protection of the visiting additional advocate general.</p>.<p class="title">It is alleged that the accused in cases have been acquitted on account of loopholes in police probes.</p>.<p class="title">A year after the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government came to power on its own for the first time in 2014 in Haryana, laws that included a ban on cow slaughter and cow smuggling were enacted.</p>.<p class="title">Sale and consumption of beef was also banned.</p>.<p class="title">Offenders would attract punishment up to 10 years in jail and a fine.</p>.<p class="title">Law enforcement agencies have found it difficult to implement the law effectively in Haryana owing to certain constraints that are to be addressed based on the fact-finding report and the ruling of the Court.</p>.<p class="title">The High Court will resume hearing in the case on January 10, 2020.</p>
<p class="title">When it comes to the ‘holy’ cow, Haryana takes pride in flaunting it’s ‘holier than thou’ credentials on cow protection.</p>.<p class="title"><span>But ever since the state implemented newer and stricter laws in the name of cow protection— banning cow slaughter, sale and consumption of beef— not a single person has been convicted. </span></p>.<p class="title">All accused tried under the new laws have been acquitted by courts, putting a question mark on the probe agency.</p>.<p class="title">Muslim-dominated Nuh in Mewat region of Jatland accounts for a maximum number of cases registered under the new anti-cow slaughter laws.</p>.<p class="title">As many as 792 cases were registered by the police in Nuh district until March 2019 this year.</p>.<p class="title">A total of 13 such criminal cases have so far been decided by the competent courts.</p>.<p class="title">Not a single person was convicted for any offence under the cow protection laws. All the accused in these many cases were acquitted by the Courts in the face of a failed prosecution.</p>.<p class="title">The Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh, which is seized of the matter, isn’t pleased with the status of cow protection under the new laws.</p>.<p class="title">High Court Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu has now asked the additional advocate general Haryana, Pawan Girdhar, to visit Nuh district and submit a report.</p>.<p class="title">Girdhar will analyse the situation on the anti-cow slaughter law and its implementation.</p>.<p class="title">He will report to the Court on the status of the slaughter of cows in Nuh.</p>.<p class="title">Given the sensitivity of the visit, the court has directed the state police to ensure adequate protection of the visiting additional advocate general.</p>.<p class="title">It is alleged that the accused in cases have been acquitted on account of loopholes in police probes.</p>.<p class="title">A year after the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government came to power on its own for the first time in 2014 in Haryana, laws that included a ban on cow slaughter and cow smuggling were enacted.</p>.<p class="title">Sale and consumption of beef was also banned.</p>.<p class="title">Offenders would attract punishment up to 10 years in jail and a fine.</p>.<p class="title">Law enforcement agencies have found it difficult to implement the law effectively in Haryana owing to certain constraints that are to be addressed based on the fact-finding report and the ruling of the Court.</p>.<p class="title">The High Court will resume hearing in the case on January 10, 2020.</p>
