JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 14A(2) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, to call for the records pertaining to the order passed in Cr.M.P.No.644 of 2023 on the file of the learned Special Court for Trial of Cases under SC/ST (POA) Act, Pudukkottai District, dated 05.04.2023 and set aside the same as illegal and enlarge the appellant on bail in Crime No.85 of 2022 on the file of the respondent.)

1. This Criminal Appeal is directed against the order passed in Cr.M.P.No.644 of 2023 dated 05.04.2023 by the learned Special Sessions Judge (FAC), Special Court for trial of SC/ST (POA) Act Cases, Pudukkottai.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 17.03.2023 at about 09.00 p.m., the appellant and the other accused had attacked the third respondent/defacto complainant, scolded him by using his caste name and threatened him with dire consequences and also snatched his cell phone and cash of Rs.5,100/- from him. Hence, the second respondent registered a case against four persons including the appellant herein in Crime No.85 of 2023 for the offences under Sections 341, 294(b), 323, 506(2) and 379 IPC and Sections 3(l)(r), 3(l)(s) and 3(2)(va