MR. SUNIL MALHOTRA & ORS. vs STATE, NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16.04.2026 W.P.(CRL) 581/2026 MR. SUNIL MALHOTRA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Puja Anand and Ms. Manisha Parmar, Advocates with petitioners in person. versus STATE, NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anand V. Khatri, ASC for State with SI Sumit and HC Ravi Bansal, PS Jagatpuri. Mr. Siddharth Chaturvedi and Mr. Mayank Sharma, Advocates for R-3 with R-3 in person. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. Petitioners have assailed orders dated 11.08.2025 and 30.01.2026 of the learned trial court pertaining to release of three pet dogs on superdari in the trial pertaining to offence under Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. 2. Broadly speaking, according to prosecution case a raid was conducted at the premises of the present respondent no.3 in which few dogs were found kept in deplorable conditions and were rescued. The rescued dogs were W.P.(CRL) 581/2026 pages 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afe c45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, 3. I have heard all present at length. 4. The issue of cus