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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 614/1997

1. Surendra Singh S/o Ramji Lal

2. Hardutt S/o Shri Indra Singh R/o village 4-E, Chhoti Sri Ganganagar ----Appellant Versus State Of Rajasthan ----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr.Pradeep Choudhary For Respondent(s) : Mr. Surendra Bishnoi, AGA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

JUDGMENT

07/04/2026

1. By way of the present criminal appeal, the appellants have assailed the judgment and order dated 04.11.1997 passed by the learned Special Judge, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Cases, Sri Ganganagar in Sessions Case No.36/1994, whereby the appellants were convicted for the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sentenced to undergo six months’ rigorous imprisonment along with fine, with stipulation of default sentence. The appellants were further convicted under Sections 447 and 323 of the IPC and sentenced to pay fine.

2. The genesis of the prosecution case lies in a written report (Ex.P-5) submitted on 09.01.1994 at about 4:50 PM by PW-3 Bakshi Ram at Police Station Sri Ganganagar, on the basis of which a formal FIR (Ex.P-6) came to be registered.