One Shabbir Ahmed from Bareilly filed the case against Maneka Gandhi and three unidentified persons, SP Sugriv Giri said.
Maneka Gandhi was on a visit to her constituency on Friday when she intercepted a matador carrying buffaloes and handed them over to the villagers.
Shabbir Ahmed had bought the buffaloes from Lakhimpur and was taking them to Sethal in Bareilly.