Two sentenced to five years in prison for cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh

Police had intercepted a truck and seized beef from it at a check post under Jhunjhala police station in Shamli district in January 27, 2012, the two accused were arrested in this connection.

A local court in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday convicted two men and sentenced them to five years in jail for slaughtering cows.

A picture from 2015 in which a cow was seen inside a truck in Taranagar in Rajasthan. (AFP File Photo)

According to government lawyer Javed Ali, Additional District and Sessions Judge Manoj kumar has also imposed a fine of Rs 15000 each on the accused Gayyur and Gadhe Ali after holding them guilty under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act.

Police had intercepted a truck and seized beef from it at a check post under Jhunjhala police station in Shamli district in January 27, 2012, the two accused were arrested in this connection.

A case was registered against them.