JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal is preferred by the appellant - State under Section 378(1) (3) of the Criminal procedure Code, 1973 (Code) against the judgment and order dated 25.05.2010 passed in Special (Atrocity) Case No. 21 of 2008 by the learned Special Judge (Atrocity), Panchmahals at Godhra, recording the acquittal of the respondents - original accused for the charges under Sections 294, 354, 504 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Section 3(i) (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as "the Atrocity Act").

2. Brief facts of the prosecution case are that Daxaben Nanabhai Amin registered a complaint against the respondents - accused with Kothamba Police Station, which was registered as I-CR No. 33/08 for the offences punishable under Sections 294, 354, 504 and 114, IPC and Section 3(i)(x) of the Atrocity Act. It is the case of the prosecution that complainant - Daxaben Nanabhai Amin was performing her duties as an Assistant Teacher in Navjivan High School situated at Thana Savli village. The complainant was a divorcee. In the school, the respondent No. 1 herein was serving as a Principal, who allegedl