Heard Sri. S.G. Rajendra Reddy, learned counsel appearing

for the petitioners and Sri. Shankar H.S., learned HCGP

appearing for respondent No.1 and have perused the material on

record.

2.

The petitioners are before this Court calling in

question proceedings in Spl.Case.No.46/2021 registered for

offences punishable under Section 506 read with Section 34 of

the IPC.

3.

The petitioners are accused Nos.1, 2 and 3.

A complaint is registered by respondent No.2 alleging offences

punishable under Sections 417, 420, 465, 471 and 120B of the

IPC and Sections 3(i)(f) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to

as ‘Atrocities Act’ for short).

4.

The complaint against the petitioners as well as

others was that, they hurled such abuses in public place or

place of public view and other offence under Section 3(i)(f) of the

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Atrocities Act. The police after investigation filed a charge sheet

against all the accused.

5.

Insofar as it concerns the present petitioners, since

they also belong to the same caste, the offences under the Act

are rightly dropped by the police on investigation, every other

offence that were alleged in the FIR have been dropped against

the petitioners. What remains is the offence punishable under

Section 506 of the IPC against the petitioners.

6.

The summary of the charge sheet reads as follows:

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DgÉÆæ 4£Éà ¢£ÉÃ±ï ºÉZï. ±ÉnÖ, 5£Éà PÀȵÀÚ ±ÉnÖ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ 6£Éà ¸ÀÄd£ï

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JA§°è DgÉÆæ 4 jAzÀ 6£Éà gÀªÀjUÉ ªÀiÁgÁl ªÀiÁrzÀÝ eÁUÀzÀ

5

ºÀtzÀ «ZÁgÀzÀ°è vÀPÀgÁgÀÄ DVzÀÄÝ, CzÉà zÉéõÀ¢AzÀ DgÉÆæUÀ¼ÀÄ

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G½¸ÀĪÀÅ¢®èªÁV ¨ÉzÀjPÉ ºÁQvÁÛgÉ.

DzÀÄzÀjAzÀ DgÉÆæ 1 £ÉÃAiÀĪÀgÀÄ ¥Àj²µÀÖ eÁwUÉ ¸ÉÃjzÀÄÝ 2

ªÀÄvÀÄÛ 3£ÉÃAiÀĪÀgÀÄ ¥Àj²µÀÖ ¥ÀAUÀqÀPÉÌ ¸ÉÃjzÀªÀgÁVgÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ PÁ£ÀÆ£ÀÄ

PÀ®A 506 eÉÆvÉUÉ 34 ¨sÁ.zÀ.¸ÀA gÀAvÉ ²PÁëºÀð C¥ÀgÁzsÀªÉ¸ÀVzÀÄÝ,

DgÉÆævÀgÁzÀ DgÉÆæ 4£Éà ¢£ÉÃ±ï ºÉZï.±ÉnÖ,, 5£Éà PÀȵÀÚ ±ÉnÖ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ

6£Éà ¸ÀÄd£ï ±ÉnÖ ¸ÁªÀiÁ£Àå eÁwAiÀĪÀgÁVgÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ PÁ£ÀÆ£ÀÄ PÀ®A

506 eÉÆvÉUÉ 34 ¨sÁ.zÀ.¸ÀA ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PÀ®A 3(2)(v-a) Prevention of

SC/STAct 1989 gÀAvÉ ²PÁëºÀð C¥ÀgÁzsÀªÉ¸ÀVgÀÄvÁÛgÉ JA§ÄzÁV

¸À°è¹zÀ zÉÆõÁgÉÆÃ¥ÀuÁ ¥ÀvÀæ.”

A perusal at the summary charge sheet would indicate that

no offence that would touch upon the offence punishable under

Section 506 of the IPC.

7.

All the indication in the summary of the charge sheet

is against accused Nos.4, 5 and 6 with regard to provisions of

the Atrocities Act inter alia.

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8.

Therefore, if proceedings are permitted to continue

against the petitioners for the offence punishable under Section

506 of the IPC, it would become abuse of the process of the law

and results in miscarriage of justice.

9.

For the aforesaid reasons, the following:

ORDER

i.

Criminal Petition is allowed.

ii.

Proceedings pending in Spl.Case No.46/2021

before the Principal District and Sessions

Court, Udupi District, Udupi, stands quashed

qua the petitioners.

Sd/-

JUDGE

SJK