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A. V. RAVINDRA BABU
Varupula Venkata Ramana @ Ramana – Appellant
Versus
State Of A. P. – 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 SCs & STs Sessions Case No.61 of 2008 on the file of the Court of Special Judge for trial of cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, East Godavari at Rajahmundry (for short, ‘the learned Special Judge’), questioning the judgment therein, dated 19.01.2009, where under the learned Special Judge found the appellant herein guilty of the charges under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short, ‘the SCs & STs Act’) and Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’), convicted him under Section 235(2) Cr.P.C and 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.1,000/- in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for two months for the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the SCs STs Act and further sentenced him to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- in default t
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Prosecution must prove charges under the SCs & STs Act beyond reasonable doubt; unexplained delay in lodging FIR can undermine case credibility.
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The main legal point established in the judgment is the requirement for the prosecution to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt, and the court's duty to consider material contradictions in the e....
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