( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment of the learned I Additional sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District, saroornagar, Hyderabad, in C. C. No. 33 of 1996, dated 27-2-1998, whereby the appellant/a1 was convicted of the offences punishable under Section 3 (l) (x) of the S C. and s. T (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for brevity the Act ) read with Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code (for brevity ipc ) and sentenced to undergo rigourous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of one month A2 to A4 were also convicted of the offence under section 323, IPC and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 500/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of one month.

( 2 ) THE case of the prosecution, in brief, is that A-1 is the son, A-3 is the wife and a-4 is the sister of one Yellarah. A-2 is the mother of A-3. All the accused and the defacto-complainant, who was examined as p W. 1, are all residents of Peddemul village. Since P. W. 1 has got illegal intimacy with the father of A-1, the accused beat her with hands, legs and stones, on 3-4-1996 at about 8 a. m. , when P. W. 1 was pr

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