Madhya Pradesh court has sentenced a man to one-year rigorous imprisonment to a man for killing a dog in 2019. The accused, named Makhan Singh, was also fined ₹ 1,000 by Judicial First Class Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Kushwaha, Assistant District Public Prosecution Officer Praveen Sikarwar

Singh stabbed the dog to death with an iron rod in Raupura village, on April 30, 2019, after the animal barked at him, Mr Sikarwar said.

Singh was convicted under Indian Penal Code section 429 for killing the animal, he said.