Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched last year on suspicion that his family stored and ate beef at their house.
Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched last year on suspicion that his family stored and ate beef at their house.
Noida
: A court in Surajpur on Thursday ordered the registration of an FIR against the kin of Mohammad Akhlaq for alleged cow slaughter.
A group of Bishada villagers had moved court in June seeking filing of an FIR for alleged cow slaughter against family members of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched last year on suspicion that his family stored and ate beef at their house.
-"Bishada residents today gave an application to the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar under Section 156(3) of CrPC with a request to direct the police to lodge an FIR against Akhlaq's family members,-" a Senior Prosecution Officer said.
Section 156(3) empowers a magistrate to order an FIR and consequent investigation by the police against those named in the complaint.
At a mahapanchayat in Bishada in June, the villagers had given an ultimatum to police to file an FIR against Akhlaq's family members within 20 days, after a report of a forensic lab in Mathura concluded that the meat found in the victim's house was of -"cow or its progeny-".
On June 23, the court had heard the petition seeking registration of an FIR against the family members of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched last year on suspicion that his family stored and ate beef at their house.
The police had earlier filed its report in the court stating that 'no FIR' on charges of cow slaughter and animal cruelty had been lodged against Akhlaq's family.
The petitioner had urged the court to direct the police to register an FIR against Akhlaq's family members on charges of cow slaughter and animal cruelty.
The petition claims that on September 29 last year, two villagers from Bisada, Ranvir and Jatan, saw Akhlaq and his son Danish beat up a calf. Akhlaq allegedly told them that since the calf was attacking the people, he was going to tie up the animal at his brother Jaan Mohammed's house.
The petition said another villager Prem Singh while passing by Akhlaq's house saw the latter holding the calf down while his brother Jaan Mohammad was slitting the animal's throat.
According to the petitioner, Akhlaq was on September 28 night stopped near Bada transformer by some residents, while others reached his house and found a vessel with remains of some animal and meat.
The petitioner claimed the mob got out of control and beat up Akhlaq and his son Danish. Akhlaq was beaten to death.
The petitioner had also cited forensic report by the Mathura forensic lab, which said the meat samples sent by the police was of an animal of the cow progeny.
