Ram Jagat v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Hon'ble Abdul Moin, J.), Criminal Appeal No. 3079 of 2024, decided 27.9.2024 (Neutral Citation 2024:AHC-LKO:67327). Ram Jagat (appellant, counsel D.P. Dutt Tiwari and Dharmendra Kumar Tiwari) vs State of U.P. and others (G.A.). Appeal under Section 14-A(1) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against rejection of a complaint case (registered on protest application) by the Special Judge, Ambedkar Nagar; offence alleged under unamended Section 3(1)(x). Appeal dismissed: F.I.R. delayed by about two and a half years without explanation, no allegation of intentional insult/intimidation with knowledge of Scheduled Caste status, and no medical certificate filed with the complaint.
What did the court decide?
From the F.I.R. itself it does not emerge that the incident was done by the respondents intentionally, i.e., that they knew the appellant belonged to a reserved category and thereafter intentionally insulted or intimidated him.