# Karnataka high court quashes cow theft case, slams police probe 2026-08-08T19:52:48+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Karnataka high court has quashed a cow theft case, tearing into police for registering it without basic verification. Justice M Nagaprasanna said the case was a 'classic illustration' of the criminal justice system being misused. The FIR was filed nearly two years after the alleged theft, based on a complainant who was told by a third party that the accused had sold the missing cattle. The court noted that the complainant could not even say with certainty that the cows found after two years were his. Police admitted they were duty-bound to register a cognisable offence, but the judge said that did not absolve them of conducting the most rudimentary inquiry. Proceedings against Mangalamma and her family were set aside. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Channapatna, cow theft, criminal justice, Justice Nagaprasanna, Karnataka High Court, police investigation Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/karnataka-high-court-quashes-cow-theft-case-slams-police-probe/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/karnataka-high-court-quashes-cow-theft-case-slams-police-probe/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.