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Assamese gets 7-year jail for killing hog deer
THE ASIAN AGE. | MANOJ ANAND
Published : Oct 18, 2019, 2:40 am IST
Updated : Oct 18, 2019, 2:40 am IST
The case was based on an FIR lodged by a security guard on March 18 at Saikhowa police station.
The judge also prescribed an additional year of imprisonment “in default” of the fine. (Photo: Representational)
Guwahati: A district court in As-sam has sentenced a man to seven years’ imprisonment for kil-ling an endangered species of ‘hog deer’, a mammal listed in Schedule III of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
The court of additio-nal sessions judge A. Hakim in eastern As-sam’s Tinsukia district delivered the se-ntence on October 3 to one Ashik Barua of Uparlaopani village with a fine of `50,000. The judge also prescribed an additional year of imprisonment “in default” of the fine.
The case was based on an FIR lodged by a security guard on March 18 at Saikhowa police station.
