JUDGMENT :

S.V. PINTO, J.

1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant- original complainant under Section 14-A of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as Atrocities Act) against the judgement and order of acquittal passed on 03/10/2023 by the learned Special Judge (ATRO) & 2^nd Additional Sessions Judge, Morbi (hereinafter referred to as "the learned Trial Court") in Special (ATRO) Case No. 12 of 2016, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondents for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 504, 506(2) and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the IPC) and Section 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2)(5-a) of the Atrocities Act .

1.1 The respondents are hereinafter referred to as the accused in the rank and file as they stood in the original case for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.

2. The brief facts that emerge from the record of the case are as under:

2.1 That the complainant Jerambhai @ Jerajbhai Karsanbhai Parmar has filed the complaint on 26-02-2016 at 23:30 Hrs., stating that at around 07:30 pm, on the same day, he was at the food grain shop of Hasubhai Savjibhai Chotaliya in