( 1 ) BEING dissatisfied by the judgment dated 18-12-1997 passed by the learned Special Judge (under SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Special Case No. 66/97 thereby finding the appellants guilty of the offence punishable under Section 204, ipc and Section 3 (1) (x) of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) convicted each of them and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 300/- each and R. I. for six months with fine of Rs. 500/-in default of payment of fine (in total Rs. 800/-) each shall suffer additional R. I. for three months, the appellants have preferred this appeal.

( 2 ) FACTS of the prosecution case as unfurled before the trial Court were that the complainant Rameshwar and Sobajsingh had established an idol of Godess Durga in harijan locality of village Jamodl and on that occasion they had fixed the loud-speaker. On the idol and loudspeaker the accused persons threw stones and hurled abuse to rameshwar and Sobalsingh in the name of their caste namely, Balai-Chamar who reported the matter to the Tehsildar Executive Magistrate. Tonk Khurd in writing. The tehsildar, Tonk forwarded that application of Rameshwar (Ex. P. 1) to the SHO

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