1. Heard. Admit. Heard finally considering the fact that the appeal is challenging order of the Special Judge, Satara, thereby rejecting criminal bail application No.841/2018 filed by appellant/accused claiming pre-arrest bail in Crime No.262/2018, registered at Koregaon Police Station, at the instance of respondent No.2 Rupesh Sitaram Sapkal for offences punishable under Section 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2)(va) and 6 of The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 as well as Sections 504 and 506 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the appellant/accused. He drew my attention to several complaints lodged by respondent no.2/first informant against the appellant/accused and contended that the appellant/accused is Sarpanch of the village and respondent no.2/first informant is sharing hostile relations with him. It is also pointed out that the appellant/accused had lodged complaint dated 10.9.2018 against respondent no.2/first