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A. V. RAVINDRA BABU
Thammisetti Bakkaiah, S/o Venkateswarlu – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
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 Sessions Case No.1 of 2009 on the file of the Court of Special Judge for trial of offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Prakasam Division, Ongole (for short, ‘the learned Special Judge’), questioning the judgment therein, dated 09.12.2009, where under the learned Special Judge found the appellant herein guilty of the charge under Section 3(1)(x) 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, after questioning him about the quantum of sentence, sentenced him to undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for 15 days for the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the SCs & STs Act.
2. The parties to this Criminal Appeal will hereinafter be referred to as described before the trial Court, for the sake of convenience.
3. The Sessions Case No.1 of 2009 arose out of the
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