Supreme Court Modifies Sentence in Scheduled Castes Act Case — Adjusts Fine and Imprisonment. The court found the conviction under the Scheduled Castes Act unsustainable due to lack of evidence regarding the prosecutrix's caste status, leading to a modification of the sentence....
The case involved an appeal by Laxman against his conviction under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Indian Penal Code for outraging the modesty of a wom...




