Afghanistan, Oct. 31 -- A court in India's Gujarat state has sentenced three men to rigorous life imprisonment in a cow-slaughter case involving the seizure of 277 kilograms of meat, while citing Hindu religious scriptures in its judgment.
The Kalol sessions court in Gandhinagar district also fined each convicted man 300,000 Indian rupees. The 76-page judgment, delivered on October 26, referred to the Manusmriti, the Vedas and other Hindu texts to explain the religious and cultural significance of cows.
The men were identified as Vasim Qureshi, Mohammad Rafiq Qureshi and Asfak Bahelim. The court convicted them under provisions of the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act and related animal-protection legislation.
According to the prosecution, ...