JUDGMENT :

K.K.Ramakrishnan, J.

The appellant/sole accused in Spl.S.C.No.342 of 2009, on the file of the learned Special Judge for SC/ST Act cases, Sivagangai, filed this appeal challenging the conviction and sentence imposed against him, in Spl.S.C.No.342 of 2009, dated 03.12.2018, by the learned Special Judge for SC/ST Act cases, Sivagangai, and acquit the appellant.

2. The Brief facts of the prosecution case reads as follows:

On 17.02.2005, at about 06.00 p.m., due to previous enmity, when the defacto complainant was sprinkling water on the floor in front of her house situated at Chinnavalayankulam, the accused is said to have abused the defacto complainant by calling her caste name. When the same was questioned by the defacto complainant, the appellant assaulted her with a wooden log on her head and caused simple injury. On hearing the alarm made by P.W.1, P.W.2, who is the daughter of P.W.1 came there and tried to prevent the assault. In that process, she also sustained simple injury. Based on which, the defacto complainant gave a complaint before P.W.8. The same was registered in Crime No.89 of 2005, for the offences under Sections 294(b) and 323 of IPC r/w Section 3(1)(x) of the