Lucknow, Oct. 31 -- The court of the special judge SC/ST Act on Thursday awarded a three-year prison term to a Dalit woman for lodging a false FIR against three individuals under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

Additional district judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi, who is presiding over the special SC/ST Act court, sentenced Mamta (who goes by one name).

"Delivering the order, the court also issued directives to the state government to recover the compensation amount if awarded to the woman (Mamta) under the SC/ST Act," said government advocate Arvind Mishra.

The court also issued guidelines for the payment of relief.

Mamta had lodged the FIR at the behest of Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Vinod...