JUDGMENT :

S.V. PINTO, J.

1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant – State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’) against the judgment and the order dated 08.10.2009 in Special Atrocity Case No.18 of 2016 passed by the learned Special Judge (Atrocity), 3^rd Fast Track Court, Mehsana camp at Visnagar (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned Trial Court’), whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondent – accused from the offences punishable under Sections 504 and 507 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as ‘the IPC’)and under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Atrocities Act’). The respondent is hereinafter referred to as ‘the accused’ as he stood in the rank and file in the original case, for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.

2. The relevant facts leading to filing of the present appeal are as under:

2.1. The complainant Raghunath Savabhai Parmar has filed the complaint stating that on 23.11.2008, he was at his home and at around 7:45 pm, there was a call on his mobile and his daughte