JUDGMENT

Ram Prasanna Sharma, J. - This appeal is preferred against the judgment dated 17.07.2001, passed by Special Judge Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989, Bilaspur (C.G.), in Special Criminal Case No. 17/2000, wherein the said Court convicted appellants No. 1 to 4 for charge under Sections 225/34, 186/34, 294 & 506 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced them to undergo S.I. for 2 years each and to pay fine of Rs. 200/- each, S.I. for 9 months each, Fine of Rs. 200/- each, S.I. for 1 year, respectively with default stipulations. Further the said Court convicted appellants No. 5 and 6 for charge under Section 332 and 332/34 of IPC and sentenced them to undergo, S.I. for 2 years each, and fine of Rs. 200/- each, respectively with default stipulations.

2. As per prosecution case, there was traffic jam in the fair at Baradwar on 12th December of 1999. In that fair one bus came from Korba side and due to the traffic jam it could not pass through the fair. When rush of the fair reduced, driver of the bus tried to get the bus through the fair but due to the wire hanging near a betel shop (Pan Dukan) causing hurdle in the traffic, the bus could not get