Order On Board

06/08/2025

1. Despite service of notice, neither the victim nor any representative on her behalf has appeared.

2. This appeal u/s 14-A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (in short “the SC/ST Act”) has been preferred by the appellant against the order dated 09.07.2025 passed by the Special Sessions Judge, SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Ambikapur, District – Sarguja (C.G.) in B.A. No.457/2025 whereby the application filed by the appellant under Section 482 of BNSS apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.239/2025 registered at Police Station Sitapur, District - Sarguja (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 69 & 89 of BNS and Section 3(2)(v) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been rejected.

3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that on 22.06.2025, the prosecutrix lodged a report stating that the appellant came into acquaintance with her about six years ago and, between 10.01.2020 and 17.06.2025, the appellant allured her, knowing she belonged to a Scheduled tribe, and established physical relations with her on multiple occasions on the false pretext of marriage, without her fr