ORDER

This is a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 , by the accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.131 of 2018 of Arekode Police Station, Malappuram, which is pending as SC No.812/2018 of the Special Court for Trial of Offences under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) Cases, Manjeri. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 341 , 323, 354 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 3 (1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1988 .

2. The prosecution case is that, on 24.05.2018 at about 10.00 a.m, the accused persons who are not members of the Scheduled caste/Scheduled Tribe, wrongfully restrained the defacto complainant, who is a member of the Scheduled Caste community, abused her in filthy words, caught-hold on her hands and outraged her modesty and thereby they alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences. It is also alleged that when CW1, 2, 5 and 6 intervened, the accused persons voluntarily caused hurt