ANIL KUMAR X
Harshit @ Honey – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Heard learned counsel for the appellant, Sri Santosh Kumar Dubey, learned counsel for informant/ respondent and Sri R.K. Singh, learned AGA for State.
2. This criminal appeal under Section 14-A(1) of The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been preferred by the appellant against the summoning order dated 09.08.2024 passed by Special Judge S.C./S.T. Act, Gautam Budh Nagar in Complaint Case No. 150 of 2024 (Kamlesh Devi v/s Radha Sharma and others), under sections 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. and 3(1) (Da), 3(1) (Dha) S.C./S.T. Act, at Police Station Jewar, District Gautam Budh Nagar pending in the court of Special Judge S.C./S.T. Act, Gautam Budh Nagar, whereby the court concerned has wrongly summoned the appellant in the present complaint case.
3. Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that the learned Trial Court has committed gross illegality by converting the protest petition into a complaint without either accepting or rejecting the final report. He further submitted that a thorough and impartial investigation was carried out by the Investigating Officer, who found that the allegations made in the FIR were false and fabricated.
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Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage - It is crystal clear that while considering protest petition concerned Court has to act upon material available before Court, that is m....
The court established that for an offence under the SC/ST Act to apply, there must be intent to humiliate a member of the community in a public context, supported by evidence.
The requirement of judicial mind in summoning orders and the need to consider a prima facie case at the stage of summoning.
The offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, is not established merely on the fact that the informant is a member of Scheduled Caste unless there ....
According to section 197 Cr.P.C. the Magistrate would take cognizance against them only after taking sanction of the government but no such sanction has been taken.
Section 3(1)(r) of the SC and ST Act makes it manifest that mere insult or intimidation with an intention to humiliate a member of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe by itself is not made an offence.....
The High Court should not stifle a legitimate prosecution and should not consider the defense of the accused in its inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
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