JUDGMENT ON BOARD :

This appeal under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C. has been preferred by the appellant against the judgment and order dated 29.04.2011 passed by the learned Special Judge, Surguja (Ambikapur) in Sessions Trial No. 25/2009 convicting and sentencing him as under:

Conviction Sentence

U/s. 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Undergo RI for six months with fine of Rs. 500/-, in default of fine to further undergo RI for one month

U/s. 452 IPC Undergo RI for 2 years with payment of fine 500/- in default of fine to further undergo RI for 1 month

U/s. 294 IPC Undergo RI for three months

U/s. 506 Part II of IPC Undergo RI for 6 months

All the sentences are ordered to run concurrently.

2. Case of the prosecution put-forth by the complainant herein is that at the relevant time he was the Sarpanch of Village Bundiya and he used to run the fair price shop and the food grains were distributed in the village as per the instructions. On the date of incident, i.e. 5.10.2018 at about 7.00 p.m. the appellant entered the house of the complainant and started hurling filthy abuses by the name of his caste to handover the fair price shop to him. Apart from this, the accused/appellant