Why in news? In a first-of-its-kind judgment, a Sessions Court in Rajasthan has ordered the payment of half of the fine amount, imposed on a convict in a chinkara killing case, to the informer as a prize for helping in the detection of crime against wildlife.

Highlights:

• Chinkara or Indian gazelle is the State animal of Rajasthan.
• Wildlife Protection Act empowered the court to take cognisance of an offence on the complaint of a private person.
• Article 51A (g) of the Constitution had laid down that the protection of wildlife and having compassion for living creatures was a fundamental duty of the citizens