The Bombay High Court will pronounce&nbsp;the judgement on a bunch of petitions challenging the&nbsp;constitutional validity of the beef ban in Maharashtra&nbsp;tomorrow.
A division bench of Justices A S Oka and S C Gupte had&nbsp;reserved the ruling in January after hearing the arguments.
In February 2015, the President granted assent to the&nbsp;Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act. While the&nbsp;original 1976 Act banned slaughter of cows, the amendment&nbsp;prohibited, in addition, slaughter of bulls and bullocks and&nbsp;possession and consumption of their meat.
As per the Act, slaughter attracts a five-year jail-term&nbsp;and Rs 10,000 fine while possession of meat of bull or&nbsp;bullock attracts one-year in jail and Rs 2,000 fine.&nbsp;
During the hearing, the HC had refused to grant interim&nbsp;stay to the provisions penalising the possession of beef.&nbsp;Arif Kapadia, a city resident, and noted lawyer Harish&nbsp;Jagtiani have challenged the provision which says mere&nbsp;possession of beef anywhere in the state is a crime.&nbsp;
This is arbitrary and undermines the cosmopolitan nature&nbsp;of the city which houses people from all religions and&nbsp;communities, they contend.
Other petitions have been filed by Vishal Sheth, a&nbsp;lawyer, and Shaina Sen, a student, contending that the ban on&nbsp;beef violates fundamental rights of citizens.&nbsp;

The Bombay High Court will pronounce&nbsp;the judgement on a bunch of petitions challenging the&nbsp;constitutional validity of the beef ban in Maharashtra&nbsp;on May 6

Bombay HC to pronounce verdict on Maharashtra's beef ban on May 6

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