JUDGMENT :

PRASHANT KUMAR, J.

1. Heard Sri Vinay Saran and Sri G.S. Chaturvedi, Senior Advocates assisted by Ms. Katyayini and Sri P.K. Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Aishwarya Pratap Singh, learned counsel for O.P. No. 2 and Sri S.D. Pandey and Sri S.K. Chandraul, learned A.G.A. for the State-O.P. No. 1.

2. This is a case where a Professor had to pay a very heavy price for asking an Assistant Professor to take classes and teach properly. He was made an accused and had to face trial for at least eight years, and further had to face humiliation, stigma, for no fault of his own, and on the other hand, the complainant, by misusing the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred as ‘the SC/ST Act’) had virtually threatened the other seniors from taking any action against her.

3. The instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred by the applicant praying for quashing charge sheet dated 08.10.2016 including the entire proceeding in Case No. 689 of 2013, under Section 354C, 504, 506 of IPC and under Section 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act, (S.T. No. 127 of 2016) Police Station-Colonelganj, District-Allahabad