Can private citizens set up a private cattle pound?
In the case of Gram Panchayat Sawargaon v. Jamnaprasad Raghunath Prasad (1967), the Bombay High Court observed that private individuals cannot be allowed to set up cattle pounds. The Cattle Trespass Act imposes a statutory duty on the District Magistrates to set up the cattle pounds, and such statutory duty on a public officer bars private individuals from setting up cattle pounds.