Anand Sonkar @ Anand Kumar Sonkar and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 s.14A(1) criminal appeal; challenge to cognizance/summoning order; Special Judge SC/ST Act Lucknow; Case No.38/2023 PS Aminabad; ss.147, 504 IPC; s.3(1)(dha) SC/ST Act; Scheduled Caste accused cannot be charged under SC/ST Act; police report to be treated as complaint case; non-cognizable charges; mechanical summoning order; interim stay/abeyance of trial; co-accused trial to proceed; Anand Sonkar @ Anand Kumar Sonkar; Pramod Sonker; Amar alias Aman Sonkar; Manvinder Pal Singh; Sardar Manvendra Singh; Mohan Market Association; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, J.; CRLA No. 709 of 2026.
What did the court decide?
Appeal admitted; notice to respondent no.2 through CJM; matter listed on 30/4/2024; as interim relief, trial of the appellants to remain in abeyance till the next date of listing, while trial of co-accused charged under the SC/ST Act may proceed.