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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J(ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present appeal is for grant of anticipatory bail to the appellant in case FIR No.107 dated 20.08.2025 registered under Sections 3 and 4 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 1989 (hereinafter in short as ‘SC/ST Act’) and Sections 296 and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, at Police Station Sadar Raikot, District Ludhiana.

2. Brief facts as per the case of prosecution are that the complainant-Sarabjit Singh, who is Sarpanch of the Village, had sent notice to the appellant and the co-accused to remove their dung from the water pond of Village, but they did not remove the same and instead abused complainant in the name of his caste and also threatened to kill him.

3. Learned counsel for the appellant contends that the appellant has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further contends that even if the contents of the FIR are taken to be true, then also, no offence under the provisions of SC/ST Act is made out. The complainant and the appellant belong to the same village. He argued that in fact, a civil dispute was going on between the complainant and the appellant. Initially, the appellant made