JUDGMENT :

K.K.Ramakrishnan, J.

The appellant, who is the sole accused in S.C.No.4 of 2013, on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, SC/ST Act Court, Sivagangai, has filed this appeal challenging the conviction and sentence imposed on him, in S.C.No.4 of 2013, dated 16.11.2018, by the learned Sessions Judge, SC/ST Act Court, Sivagangai, and acquit the appellant.

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

2.1. Due to some civil dispute between the appellant and the defacto complainant, on 18.04.2012, at 04.00 p.m., while the defacto complainant was cutting wood in her own land, the appellant is said to have abused her by using her caste name and also threatened her with dire consequences. Based on which, the defacto complainant gave a complaint before P.W.5. The same was registered in Crime No.57 of 2012, for the offences under Sections 294(b) and 506(ii) of IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, Act, 1989 (hereinafter, for the sake of brevity, referred to as “SC/ST Act”). Thereafter, P.W.10 conducted the investigation and filed the final report. The same was taken on the file in P.R.C.No.8 of 2004 by the learned Judicial Magistrate-2, S