The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday has stayed coercive action against the junior engineer, SDO and driver of the electricity department of Bhadohi in a case registered under the SC/ST Act. Along with this, a reply has been sought from the complainant and the government on his petition.
The Supreme Court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings and a non-bailable warrant issued against a woman in a case of alleged suicide under the SC/ST Act and observed that abetment involves the mental process of instigating or intentionally aiding a person in doing a thing.
Supreme Court two-judge bench has upheld the order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which in turn had held that if no offence is made out under SC/ST act, the same does not preclude the high court in granting the concession of anticipatory bail under Section 438/482 CrPC.
The Delhi HChas granted pre-arrest bail to a man charged with rape, including other offences under the IPC and the SC/ST Act, while stating that non-bailable warrants against him would not divest the power of the Court to grant anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Hurling abuses at a person of the Scheduled caste/Scheduled tribe community within the four walls of a house does not amount to an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
The death of a Dalit woman and the disposal of her body in Uttar Pradesh have shown a force that is brutal and insensitive. The best practices of civilised societies should be followed for people to trust the police again.