JUDGMENT :

This Criminal Appeal, under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘the Cr.P.C’), is filed by the appellant, who was the accused in SCs & STs Sessions Case No.67 of 2006 on the file of the Court of Special Judge for trial of cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, West Godavari, Eluru (for short, ‘the Special Judge’), questioning the judgment therein, dated 08.04.2009, where under the learned Special Judge found the appellant herein guilty of the charges under Sections 3(1)(x) and 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short, ‘the SCs STs Act’) and accordingly convicted him under Section 235(2) Cr.P.C and, further after questioning him about the quantum of sentence, sentenced him to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for one month for the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the SCs STs Act and further sentenced him to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for one month for the off