1. Alagarsamy, a member of the Scheduled Caste and a victim for the offence under Section 3(1) (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), having suffered by the alleged mala fide investigation made by the Inspector of Police, Devakottai Taluk Police station and the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sivaganga, has tapped the doors of the highest court of this State requesting to invoke the inherent power of this Court under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. to correct the injustice done to him.

2. The factual matrix, which are required for solving the controversy, could be summarised as follows:

.(a) Alagarsamy, the petitioner herein, is the resident of Keerani Village, Devakottai Taluk. He is an agriculturist. He belongs to Scheduled Caste. He is also connected with the organisations which used to fight for the redressal of grievances of the members of Scheduled Caste by reporting to the authorities for proper reliefs. He made a complaint to the Revenue Authorities with regard to the cutting of trees in the waste land of the Government by some unauthorised people.

.(b) On 11. 1997 at about 4.30 P.M., wh