PENERAPAN PIDANA TERHADAP PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA PENGANIAYAAN TERHADAP HEWAN (Studi Putusan Nomor 72/Pid.C/2023/PN Padang)

Abstract

The criminal act of mistreating animals is regulated in Article 302 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. one example of this case is decision number 72/Pid.C/Pn.Pdg. This research aims to analyze the application of crime and the judge’s consideratons in imposing sentence in decision number 72/Pid.C/2023/Pn.Pdg. Type of research used is normative juridical, data source comes from secondary data consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials, the data collection technique uses document study and qualitative analysis. Conclusions from the research results (1) Application minimum of punishment, the judge applies imprisonment to the perpetrators for 2 (two) months each with the provisions of the sentence not having to be served, unless within 4 (four) months the defendants committed another criminal act. (2) juridical and non juridical considerations of judges.