Scientists Wary Of Animal Welfare Act Draft Hyderabad: Punishment for causing the death of a person in an accident is an imprisonment of up to two years as per IPC section 304 (A). But kill a mouse or even injure it and you will have to serve upto five years in jail. You may even end up coughing up Rs one lakh as fine. It may sound strange. But the scientific community involved in research is in jitters as the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has come up with a draft Animal Welfare Act, 2011 which has listed out punishment for not taking proper care of experimental animals. Experimental animals may include anything