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UI need some legal advice regarding an incident involving my dog.
I left my dog with a pet sitter. While my dog was in his care, he was extremely negligent — he left my dog unattended with another (larger) dog, and neither of them were properly restrained. From what I understand (and from camera footage), the sitter was busy using his phone and not supervising them. During that time, the larger dog attacked my dog and bit his eye.
The injury is severe — the vet has said the eyeball may need to be removed, and my dog will permanently lose vision in that eye.
I went to the police station to file a complaint against the pet sitter, but they refused to take it. I’m confused about my rights here.
My questions:
Do I have the right to file a police complaint in this situation?
Is this considered a criminal case (negligence), a civil matter (damages), or a consumer case (deficiency in service)?
What is the correct legal route I should take against the pet sitter?
Any guidance would really help. Thank you.
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ULawyer here.
1. You may file a police complaint. They have to accept it, cannot be denied. If an FIR is not registered, give them a handwritten complaint, and take a “receiving” on your copy. Alternatively, you may also write to the SP for the same, in which case, the SP will direct the concerned police station to register the alleged offence.
2. It falls under all the categories, depends on the remedy you are seeking. -
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Uthis sounds really heartbreaking especially because you trusted someone to care for your dog and now the injury is permanent from what you described the part that usually matters most in situations like this is the evidence showing supervision failure because that changes it from an unfortunate accident into questions about responsibility and care standards so the footage and vet records become very important together also police sometimes see these matters differently at first which adds to the confusion have you preserved copies of the camera footage and the vets written opinion about the eye injury before anything gets deleted or disputed later
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