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MANOJ KUMAR GARG
Rajuram – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Manoj Kumar Garg, J.
1. Application (1/2023) for early listing of the case is allowed for reasons stated therein.
2. The matter is being heard and decided today itself.
3. Instant criminal appeal has been filed by the appellant against the judgment dated 15.04.1997 passed by learned Special Judge, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Cases Court, Merta in Sessions Case No. 30/93 by which the learned Judge convicted and sentenced the appellant as under:
| Offence under Section 3(1)(xi) of SC/ST Act | Six months' R.I. and a fine of Rs.500/-, in default of payment to further undergo 7 days' R.I. |
| Offence under Section 147 IPC | One month's R.I. and a fine of Rs.50/-, in default of payment to further undergo 1 day's R.I. |
4. All the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
5. Brief facts of the case are that on 13.02.1993, complainant Tilokaram submitted a written report at PS Didwana, District Nagaur to the effect that in the intervening night of 10/11.02.1993, when he and his wife Smt. Shanti were in the field for the purpose of harvesting the crop, at that time accused-persons including the present appellant came there in a drunken condition, armed w
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