https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310031 An offence under Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 requires intentional caste-based insult or humiliation directed at a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe member in a place within public view. A mere property dispute, even with abusive allegations, does not by itself satisfy that ingredient, and conduct alleged to have occurred within a building without public presence was insufficient. The inherent power under Section 482 CrPC may be used to quash only the unsustainable part of a charge-sheet, while the remaining offences may proceed. The atrocity charge was therefore quashed, but prosecution continued for the other offences. en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:19:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310031 An offence under Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 requires intentional caste-based insult or humiliation directed at a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe member in a place within public view. A mere property dispute, even with abusive allegations, does not by itself satisfy that ingredient, and conduct alleged to have occurred within a building without public presence was insufficient. The inherent power under Section 482 CrPC may be used to quash only the unsustainable part of a charge-sheet, while the remaining offences may proceed. The atrocity charge was therefore quashed, but prosecution continued for the other offences. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310031