In December 2003 Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) had arrested two persons from Panipat district of Haryana
with two leopard skins and few fake skins in Delhi. After the long trial two
accused were now convicted. Court ordered that "The leopard skin is specified
in schedule I of the Act and thus the accused have contravened the provisions
of Section 49 of the Act. However no evidence had been led on record to show
that they were dealing in leopard skins. Therefore, no offence is made out U/s
49B(1) of the Act against accused persons. Accordingly, both the accused are
held guilty and are convicted for the offence U/s 49 punishable U/s 51 of the Wild Life (Protection)
Act, 1972.
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