JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgement and order of acquittal passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 2^nd Fast Track Judge, Mahesana (hereinafter referred to as "the learned Trial Court") in Special (ATRO) Case No. 44 of 2007 on 27.11.2007, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondents for the offence punishable under Sections 504, 506(2) and 114 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter referred to as "IPC" for short) and Section 3(1)(10) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as “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 on 27th March 2007 at around 07:00 hours in Sanjay Nagar Society, Ucharpi Road, Mahesana, the complainant scolded the accused as they had burnt the hedge, which belonged to the complainant at 05:00 hours and the accused hurled cast abuses on the co