“The Purr-fect Crime: Cat’s Mischief Leads to Hilarious Court Case”

Recently the Karnataka High Court had to deal with a Criminal Petition challenging an FIR registered by the Police against a person who took the held the cat in temporary hostage for creating nuisance.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna, Judge, Karnataka High Court while staying the criminal proceedings observed ;

“A Cat by name Daisy owned by the 2nd respondent Complainant goes missing as it jumps from wall to wall of the houses adjacent to it. Therefore, a complaint of criminal intimidation, breach of peace are alleged against the petitioner. The allegation is that the cat was in the house of the petitioner as could be seen from the CCTV. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that cats get in and cats go out through the windows and that cannot mean an offence under Section 504, 506 and 509 of the IPC. Permitting further proceedings in such frivolous cases will clog the criminal justice system. Therefore there shall be an interim order of stay of all further proceedings”