JUDGMENT :

Challenge in this Criminal Appeal is to the judgment, dated 20.10.2009 in Special Sessions Case No.9 of 2008, on the file of Special Sessions Judge for S.Cs & S.Ts (POA) Act, Kadapa (“Special Sessions Judge” for short), where under the learned Special Sessions Judge found the present appellant/A.1 guilty of the charges under Section 3(1)(xi) of S.Cs & S.Ts (POA) Act and Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code (“IPC” for short), convicted him under Section 235(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (“Cr.P.C.” for short) and after questioning him about the quantum of sentence, sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 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)(xi) of S.Cs & S.Ts (POA) Act and further sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months for the offence under Section 324 of IPC and that both the sentences shall run concurrently. The learned Special Sessions Judge by virtue of the said judgment, found A.1 not guilty of the charges under Section under Section 3(1)(x) of S.Cs & S.Ts (POA) Act and Section 509 of IPC and further A.2 found not guilty of the charge