JUDGMENT :

B.A. Patil, J.

1. This petition is filed by the petitioner-Bhagwan Mahaveer Gaushala being aggrieved by the order passed by the VII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Belagavi sitting at Chikodi passed in Crl. Rev. Pet. No. 26 of 2019 dated 06.05.2019 whereby the petition filed by the petitioner came to be dismissed by confirming the order passed by the Additional Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class, Sankeshwar in C.C. No. 1215/2018 dated 25.01.2019.

2. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent.

3. The gist of the case of the prosecution is that the accused persons for making personal gain had stored bullocks, she-buffaloes and oxen and they were not provided with any food, water and other things and they were being treated with cruelty and were stored with an intention to be slaughtered. A complaint was lodged on 18.11.2018 in this regard and a case was registered. During the course of investigation 49 bullocks were seized belonging to respondent Nos. 2 to 4. Subsequently, respondent Nos. 2 to 4 filed an application under Sections 451 and 457 of Cr.P.C. to release the cattle to their interim custody. The said app