Khandala i.e. his village. He says that in fact he was in the police station itself when he was called at about 11.30 a.m. on 26.01.2022. When he went to the field, he found all the accused persons i.e. eight in numbers committing encroachment by erecting tin shed. He objected, but according to him, the appellant had used abuses in the name of caste as “egkÚ;k /kjM~;k” and then stated why the persons from lower caste need land touching road and then appellant started assaulting the informant by sticks causing him injuries. As regards the other accused persons are concerned, it is stated that thereafter those persons had assaulted him. He was then taken to Government Hospital, Hingoli and he was discharged on 28.01.2022. There appears to be delay of two days in lodging the report, however, such delay can be explained at later point of time also, but that cannot give any advantage to the accused at this stage. At the cost of repetition, it can be said that after perusal of the entire contents of the FIR, the allegation says that the appellant is the person who had abused the informant in the name of caste and then assaulted him by means of stick. Therefore, offence under the Atrocities Act has been made out against the appellant – original accused No.2. Merely because the FIR has been lodged earlier and certain communication was made expressing the apprehension that the informant and others would be framed in a false complaint cannot be
