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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH
G.A.SANAP
Prakash S/o Kashinath Masurkar – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
G.A. SANAP, J.
1. These two appeals arise out of the judgment and order dated 29.08.2012 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-4, Nagpur in Special Criminal Case No. 7/2010. The appellants in Criminal Appeal Nos. 388/2012 are original accused nos.1 and 2 and the appellants in Criminal Appeal No. 395/2012 are original accused nos.3 and 4. In this judgment, they would be referred by their nomenclature as accused with their number.
2. By the impugned judgment, the learned Judge convicted and sentenced accused nos.1 to 4 for the offence punishable under Section 448 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one month each and to pay fine of Rs.500/- each and in default to suffer RI for fifteen days each. Learned Judge also convicted accused nos.1 and 2 for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as “the Atrocities Act” for short) and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months each and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- each, in default to suffer further RI for one month each.
3. BACKGROUND FACTS :
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The evidence must prove incidents beyond reasonable doubt; discrepancies and contradictions in testimonies can lead to acquittal.
Appellate interference in acquittal appeals limited to perverse judgments ignoring evidence where only guilt view possible; unexplained FIR delay, unreliable interested witnesses justify upholding tr....
The prosecution must substantiate charges with consistent, reliable evidence; failure to do so results in acquittal.
The court clarified that for offences under the Atrocities Act, allegations must occur in public view, and prosecution can be quashed in part based on the sufficiency of evidence.
The court emphasized that for offences under the Atrocities Act, the alleged insult must occur in public view, which was not established in this case.
Prosecution must prove charges under the SCs & STs Act beyond reasonable doubt; unexplained delay in lodging FIR can undermine case credibility.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the importance of a thorough investigation, consideration of the accused's criminal antecedents, and the applicability of bail in heinous crimes.
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