JUDGMENT

(Prayer:- Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 374 (2) r/w.382 of Cr.P.C., praying to call for the records and to allow the above appeal and set aside the judgment of conviction dated 10.03.2020 passed in Spl.S.C.No.16/2019 by Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under SC/ST (POA) Act, 1989, Villupuram, and acquit the appellants herein.)

The appellants herein are A1, A3 and A5 in Spl.S.C.No.16 of 2019 on the file of the Special Sessions Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases registered under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Villupuram.

2. Based on the complaint given by one Veerasamy, a case has been registered in Crime No.354 of 2018 by the respondent police on 12.11.2018 for the alleged offences under Sections 147, 148, 341, 294(b), 324, 506 (ii) of I.P.C., and 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2)(Va) of SC/ST (POA) Act, 2015. Investigation was done by the respondent and Final Report was filed. Wherein, one of the accused called Vinod, being a juvenile, his case was split up and adjudicated by the Juvenile Justice Board. The remaining accused stood trial. The Trial Court framed ch