‘Daisy Has Driven Everyone Crazy': Karnataka HC Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Stealing Cat
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As the case came up for hearing, Justice M Nagaprasanna remarked: "Cat named Daisy has driven everyone crazy"
The Karnataka High Court (HC) on Tuesday quashed a criminal case filed against a man accused of his neighbour's cat named 'Daisy'.
As the case came up for hearing, Justice M Nagaprasanna remarked: 'Cat named Daisy has driven everyone crazy".
The accused, Taha Husain, was booked for stealing his neighbour's cat in 2023. Husain had moved the high court seeking to quash the case. The case came up for hearing July 23, 2024. Justice Nagaprasanna had then put a halt to all legal proceedings against Husain, granting him interim relief.
The court had then held: 'Permitting further proceedings in such frivolous cases will clog the criminal justice system."
In July 2024, following the First Information Report (FIR), the police had also submitted a chargesheet against Husain, who was booked under the charges of criminal intimidation, breach of peace, and insulting the modesty of woman under Sections 504, 506 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code.
Police had claimed that CCTV footage from the area was reviewed and the cat was seen inside Husain's house at a specific time.
Husain's counsel had then argued that cats tend to enter and exit other houses through windows and this cannot constitute a criminal offence.
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June 11, 2025, 16:25 IST
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