L.N.Mittal, J.

1. Kuldip Raj Mahajan has approached this Court by way of instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short `the Code) for quashing of criminal complaint No. 130 of 2000 instituted by Hukam Chand-respondent against the petitioner in the court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Hisar (Annexure P-1) under Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (in short `the Act) and Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, along with summoning order dated 19.9.2002 (Annexure P-2).

2. The respondent inter alia alleged in the impugned complaint Annexure P-1 that he belongs to Dhanak caste which is a Scheduled Caste whereas the petitioner belongs to Vaish caste which is a higher caste. The respondent, at the relevant time, was working as Head Cashier in State Bank of Patiala, Branch Mayar, District Hisar where the petitioner was posted as Branch Manager. On 9.9.19999, at about 4.45 p.m., the petitioner insulted the respondent in the presence of other employees and abused him by his caste. Petitioners utterances demeaning the respondent by caste have been quoted in paragraph 4 of the complaint. Tilak Raj