JUDGMENT:

A.V.RAVINDRA BABU. J.

Challenge in this Criminal Appeal is to the judgment, dated 24.11.2009 in S.C.No.271 of 2009 on the file of the Special Sessions Judge for S.C./S.T Cases, Anantapur (for short, “the learned Special Judge”), where under the learned Special Judge found the appellants A.1 and A.2 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”), convicted them under Section 235(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Cr.P.C.”) and after questioning about the quantum of sentence, sentenced them to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for two (2) years each and to pay a fine of Rs.500/-each in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for six (6) months and four (4) months respectively. The learned Special Judge in the said judgment exonerated A.3 of the charges under Section 3(1)(x) of the SCs & STs Act and further exonerated A.1 to A.3 for the charge under Section 352 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, “the IPC”).

2. The parties to this Criminal Appeal will hereinafter be referred to as described before the learned Special Judge, for the sake of conv