No Kidding: Goat Arrested and Facing Seven Years in Prison

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No Kidding: Goat Arrested and Facing Seven Years in Prison

February 16th, 2016

Awake Goy

Goat arrested for grazing in somebody else’s garden

In Chhattisgarh state, India, a goat was arrested after it was caught in the act of eating flowers and grass that did not belong its owner. The landowner filed a complaint with the police who found the goat grazing on the complainant’s lawn and quickly took the animal into custody.

The goat, whose name is Babli, is owned by Abdul Hassan. The complaining landowner is his neighbor, who is also a local magistrate. The neighbor has a bungalow with an iron gate but Babli jumped over the gate to reach the foodstuffs there. Worse, Babli is accused of recidivism- repeated offenses. The neighbor said Babli often jumped over the boundary wall of his property and gorged herself on his flowers and vegetables. He also said he had warned Hassan about Babli’s behavior many times. He keeps a garden, he said, and Babli’s behavior angered him so much this last time that he filed the complaint.

Babli was arrested but was “granted bail” and released shortly afterwards when Hassan took her place in jail. Hassan also released on bail. A Chhattisgarh police officer said “The goat and owner were under police custody but are out, as [their charges] were bailable offenses.”

Hassan admitted Babli’s guilt, saying, “My goat scaled the boundary wall again and ate up flowers and vegetables on the lawn of [the neighbor]. She was taken to the police station and then the police also brought me in.” He promised that Babli would cause no further damage to the neighbor’s garden. Later TV footage showed Babli tied to a stake to prevent her escaping and again jumping over the gate to obtain “goodies” from the neighbor’s garden.

According to the Mirror, Babli faces the same charges as Hassan. Those charges are trespass and damaging and destroying other’s property. If found guilty, the penalty is two to seven years in prison.