S.C. Dharmadhikari, J.

Rule. By consent, Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally at the admission stage itself.

2. These two Applications were heard together and as common arguments were canvassed and common issues raised, we dispose of the same by this judgment.

3. We take the facts from Criminal Application No. 1015 of 2016 for convenience.

4. The applicant therein is an Indian citizen and was serving as Director of Technical Education when this Application was filed. He is the original accused in C.R. No.164 of 2016 registered at City Police Station, Karad for the offences punishable under Sections 3(1)(ix), 3(2)(vi) and 3(2)(vii) of The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short, "the Atrocities Act"), as also Sections 182, 192, 193, 203 and 219 read with 34 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, "I.P.C.").

5. The 2nd respondent is the original complainant.

6. The 2nd respondent alleged in this First Information Report (for short, "F.I.R.") that he is an ordinary resident of Pune. He is serving in the Department of Technical Education. At the time of registration of F.I.R., he was posted at the Government Distance