PATNA, India, Sept. 9 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Aug. 11:
The present criminal appeal has been preferred under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment of acquittal dated 30.05.2024 passed by the learned Exclusive Special Judge (SC/ST Act), Patna in Special Case No.
209 of 2017, arising out of Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 73 of 2017, whereby Respondent Nos. 2 to 5 have been acquitted by the learned Trial Court from the charge of Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 307, 504 of Indian Penal Code and under Section 3(1) (r) of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 14.03.2017 at 10:00 a.m., a Panchayati with regar...