PATEL ARVIND ABHUBHAI vs THE STATE OF GUJARAT Advocate - APP — 125/2026

Summary The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Anjar, Kutch rejected the petitioner's application seeking return of seized animals (3 buffaloes and 1 calf, bearing reference numbers 03, 01, and 04) in a case involving animal cruelty charges under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act sections 11(1)(a), (d), (e), (f), (h), and (k). The court found insufficient documentary evidence of the petitioner's ownership of the animals, as the gram panchayat certificates did not establish clear ownership, and therefore refused to return the seized animals without a no-claim affidavit from the accused. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.