High Court of Bombay Quashes FIR Against Government Officers in SC/ST Act Case — No Prima Facie Case for Atrocities as Allegations of Caste-Based Insults Were Made in Private Office, Not Public View. The court held that the essential ingredient of 'public view' under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, was missing, and the FIR was an abuse of process.
3 Sep 2018The applicants, Ramesh s/o Dhondiram Aurange and Baban s/o Nivruttirao Nade, were government officers serving as Assistant Commissioner of Fisheries a...




