1. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 15-10-1999 passed by the Special Judge under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act , 1989 in Special Sessions Case No. 12/1999 whereby and whereunder learned Special Judge after holding the appellant guilty for intentionally insulting with an intention to humiliate a member of scheduled castes in a public view to outrage the modesty and also for using criminal force, convicted the appellant under S.3 (1)(xi) of the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (In brevity 'SCST Act') and sentenced him to undergo RI for 6 months and also to pay a fine of Rs. 500/-, in default of payment of fine, to undergo additional RI for 10 days with a further direction that the period of detention i.e. from 3-2-1999 till 5-2-1999 (3 days) shall be set off under the provisions of S.428 of the Code of Criminal Procedure , 1973.

2. Conviction is impugned on the ground that without there being an iota of evidence, learned Court below has convicted and sentenced the appellant as aforementioned and thereby committed illegality. 3. As per the case of th