JUDGMENT

CRL.M.A. 17829/2023 in CRL.REV.P. 724/2023 (condonation of delay of 216 days in filing the present petition)

1. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed, and the delay in filing the present petition is condoned.

2. The application stands disposed of.

CRL.REV.P. 790/2022 & CRL.M.A. 23934/2022 CRL.REV.P. 724/2023

3. The present petitions are filed challenging the order dated 08.09.2022 (hereafter ‘the impugned order’) passed by the learnedAdditional Sessions Judge (ASJ), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in SC No. 497/2010 arising out of FIR No. 413/2014 dated 26.09.2014, registered at Police Station Roop Nagar, for offence under Section 345A (1) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’).

4. The learned ASJ, by the impugned order, had discharged the respondent/accused for the offences punishable under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (‘SC/ST Act’).

Brief Facts

5. It is the case of the prosecution that the complainant had been employed as teacher at Dhanpat Virmani Senior Secondary School for seven years and the respondent/accused was the principal of the school. It is alleged that on 20.08.2014 at about 08:20 AM, the acc