Jodhpur: Rajasthan High Court has given a giant resolution within the case registered underneath SC-ST Act. The High Court, whereas eradicating 4 caste-indicative phrases from the SC-ST Act, stated that phrases like Bhangi, Neech, Bhikhari, Mangani are usually not caste-indicative. Actually, the matter is expounded to the argument with authorities workers throughout the motion of eradicating encroachment, after which the matter reached the court docket.
The court docket eliminated the sections of the SC-ST Act in opposition to the 4 accused who used these phrases. The bench of Justice Virendra Kumar has given this resolution. The matter is of Kotwali police station of Jaisalmer. A case was registered right here on 31 January 2011 underneath the SC-ST Act. On January 31, 2011, Harish Chandra together with different officers had gone to research the encroachment by Achal Singh.
While they have been measuring the location, Achal Singh abused authorities official Harish Chandra, together with phrases like bhangi, neech, beggar and mangani. During this era a scuffle additionally occurred. On this, a case of SC-ST Act was registered in opposition to Achal Singh within the Kotwali police station on behalf of the federal government official. Four individuals have been charged on this case. All 4 had challenged the costs underneath the SC-ST Act.
The appellants stated that they weren’t conscious of the caste of the sufferer. It was argued that there was no proof that the incident occurred in public, the witness being solely the prosecution. Here, after the case was registered, investigation was began by the Kotwali police. During this era no proof associated to this was discovered. During the listening to of the case, the Appellant’s lawyer Liladhar Khatri stated that the Appellant was not conscious of the caste of the officer.
No proof has been discovered that such phrases have been spoken and this incident additionally occurred in public. In such a state of affairs, within the police investigation, the allegation of insulting with caste associated phrases was not thought of true. The High Court ordered that the phrases Bhangi, Neech, Mangni and Bhikhari are usually not caste associated and won’t be included within the SC/ST Act. In such a state of affairs, the Appellant has been acquitted within the case of utilizing caste associated phrases, however the workers engaged in authorities responsibility have been stopped, the case will proceed on this matter. During the listening to, the petitioner’s lawyer argued that the abuses weren’t accomplished with the intention of humiliating the staff however for the sake of measurement. What the petitioner did was to protest in opposition to the measurements being taken incorrectly by authorities workers.
