A court in Gujarat while sentencing a youth to life imprisonment for illegally transporting cattle from Maharashtra, noted that all of earth’s problems will be solved if cow slaughter is prevented.
According to Bar and Bench, in an order passed in November, Principal District Judge Samir Vinodchandra Vyas paid tribute to the importance of cows to the entire Universe.
“Cow is not only an animal but it is mother that is why it is given the name of mother. None is as grateful as a cow. A cow is the living planet of 68 crore holy places and 33 crore gods. The obligation of cow on the entire Universe defies description. The day when no drop of blood of cow drops on the earth all problems of earth will be solved and the well being of the earth will be established.”
The order, translated from Gujarati, goes on to lament the fact that all the talk surrounding cow protection has not been put into practice.
The judge was seized of a criminal case pertaining to one Mohammad Ameen, who was arrested on August 27, 2020 for illegally transporting over 16 cows and its progeny in a packed truck with no proper arrangements for the cattle to sit, eat or drink.
He was booked under relevant provisions of the Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2017, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, Gujarat Control of Animal Transport Order, 1975 and the Gujarat Essential Commodities and Animal Control Act, 2015 as well as the Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015.
Besides several lesser punishments, the judge sentenced him to life in prison and a fine of ₹5 lakh.
In his order, the judge called for the need to consider not only the religious aspects of a cow, but also its economic, social, scientific and health benefits.
He ordered, Mechanised abattoirs, the judge said, have come up for slaughter of cows and and they are being slaughtered. Therefore, there is ‘great hazard for their life’, as per Bar and Bench report.
“Non-vegetarian people consume meat and cow meat is also being used for the purpose. Cow products are very useful for human life. These products mean milk, curd, ghee, cow-dung and gaumutra,” the order stated.