Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Executive Engineer in SC/ST Act Case — Allegations of Caste-Based Insult Found Baseless as Incident Occurred in Private Setting Without Intent to Humiliate in Public View. The court held that the essential ingredients of Section 3(1)(x) of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 were not satisfied as the alleged insult was not in a place within public view.
6 Mar 2017The applicant, Dadarao Hausaji Dakore, an Executive Engineer with Zilla Parishad, Yavatmal, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code...




