JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 374(2) of Criminal Procedure Code, praying to set aside the judgment of conviction and sentence imposed by the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court,, Villupuram, made in Special Case No.151 of 2015, dated 19.05.2017, and acquit the appellant / sole accused from the charges.)

1.Convicted sole accused, is the appellant herein. The Criminal Appeal has been filed against the judgment dated 19.05.2017 of the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court, Villupuram in Spl.Case No.151 of 2015, convicting the appellant for offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (POA) Act, 1989 and sentencing him to undergo simple imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/-, in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months for the said offence.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows:

(i) The respondent police filed a final report in PRC No.8 of 2011 (Ulundurpet Police Station in Cr.No.442 of 2010) before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.1, holding that the accused had committed an offence under Section 506(i) IPC and 3(1)(x) of SC/ST Act and the same was taken on file and made over to the learned Session