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 against the judgement and order of acquittal passed by learned Special Judge & Additional Sessions Judge, Bharuch (hereinafter referred to as "the learned Trial Court") in Special (Atrocity) Case No. 35 of 2011 on 26- 03-2012, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondents for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 324, 504, and 114 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter referred to as "IPC" for short) and Section 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 On 24-06-2011, at around 20:.00 hours, the accused Nos. 1 to 3 were teasing Sandhyaben Vasava - the niece of the complainant Leelaben Ambalal Vasava at Kelod village and Ambalal Mathurbhai Vasava - the husband of the complainant Leel