HARPREET SINGH BRAR
Navneet Chauhan – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Mr. Harpreet Singh Brar, J.
1. The present revision petition is preferred against impugned order dated 02.04.2019 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala whereby charges have been framed against the petitioners under Sections 148 and 323, 325, 506, 427 read with Section 149 IPC and Section 3(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (in short ‘the SC/ST Act’) in the case stemming from FIR No.39 dated 13.03.2017 at Police Station Shahzadpur, District Ambala.
2. Briefly, the facts, as alleged, are that on 13.03.2017, respondent No.2-complainant Phool Chand was going on his cycle and reached near one Pappu Rana’s farm around 1:30 PM, then the petitioners-accused rounded him up and attacked him with iron rods and swords. On receiving the said information, the family members of the respondent No.2 arrived at the spot but they were rounded up by the petitioners as well. Thereafter, the petitioners caused injuries to the respondent No.2 and his family as they belonged to the Harijan community. Respondent No.2 and his family raised alarm, the accused called respondent No.2 as ‘ded gitlow’ and fled from the spot along with th
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