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C. PRAVEEN KUMAR, B. SYAMSUNDER
K. Naga Venkata Veera Raju @ Naga Raju, S/o. Nancharaiah – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana and A. P. Hyderabad – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
C. Praveen Kumar, J.
1. The sole accused in Special Sessions Case No.31 of 2014 on the file of learned Special Sessions Judge-cum-X-Additional District and Sessions Judge, Krishna at Machilipatnam, is the appellant herein. He was tried for an offence punishable under Section 3(ii)(v) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 [for short, “the Act”] and sentenced to suffer Imprisonment for Life and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/- [Rupees five thousand only] in default, to suffer Simple Imprisonment for Six Months for the offence punishable under Section 3(ii)(v) of the Act. He was also held liable to pay compensation of Rs.20,000/- [Rupees twenty thousand only] under Section 357 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 [for short, “Cr.P.C.”] to the prosecutrix.
2. The facts, in issue, are as under:-
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