Konde Nageshwar Rao Vs A. Srirama Chandra Murty 2025 INSC 886 - SC-ST Act
SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act - While upholding HC judgment quashing criminal proceedings under SC-ST Act, SC observed: Perusal of the complaint would also indicate that the grievance was not really relatable to the false and malicious involvement in the criminal proceedings against the Appellant and his family members because of them belonging to Scheduled Caste. The very intent being absent, the offences for which the prosecution has been launched are not made out - Referred to Masumsha Hasanasha Musalman v. State of Maharashtra : Merely because the complainant belongs to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes cannot be the sole ground for prosecution. The offences alleged must have been committed solely on the basis of the victim’s caste status.
#SupremeCourt reiterates that merely because the complainant belongs to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes cannot be the sole ground
— CiteCase 🇮🇳 (@CiteCase) July 23, 2025
for prosecution under SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. https://t.co/ZgAgAgHFTX pic.twitter.com/2iSY5pcWsU
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