chandigarh punjab and haryana high court refused to quash an fir registered against a person for allegedly killing the pet dog of his neighbour observing that the cause of death of the animal is evidence before the trial court the accused who had allegedly killed the pet dog claimed that the postmortem report gave the cause of the dogs death as hypoxia and he had no role in the killing of the caninei have perused the pleadings of the case which also includes the postmortem certificate as per the certificate there was a single linear abrasion on the left leg of the pet dog measuring 35 long and 05 wide on the caudolateral aspect of the elbow there was also mild inflammation on the right side of forehead and upper lip as per the certificate the doctor opined that the animal might have died due to shock probably caused by bleeding in thoracic cavity hypoxiain the opinion of the court since the matter already stand investigated and the challan presented therefore it would be a matter of evidence as to the cause of death of the pet dog observed the hc while dismissing the plea to quash the firjustice jaishree thakur of the hc has passed these orders while dismissing a petition filed by arun kumar a resident of sri muktsar sahib districtthe petitioner was booked on november 30 2017 under sections 429 mischief by killing poisoning maiming or rendering useless any animal of the value of 50 rupees or upwards and section 506 criminal intimidation at the muktsar sahib city police stationcounsel for the petitioner informed the hc that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the fir on the allegation that he had caused the death of a pet dog of his neighbour with a blunt weaponhe also contended that the fir had been registered against the petitioner on the basis of a bald statement which is not supported by any ocular or circumstantial evidence and is based only on suspicious circumstances stating that the pet dog was found dead in front of the house of the petitioner it was also contended that the postmortem report of the dog which is available would reflect that the dog died due to hypoxia which can be caused by malnutrition or pulmonary or lung infection he also pointed out that there was no external injury mark abrasion or laceration on the body of the pet which would falsify the police version that the petitioner had hit the dog with a blunt weaponthe counsel for the punjab government submitted that the matter had already been investigated and the challan presented and therefore at the present moment there is no ground for quashing the said fir