Prince Kataria, LLB, Law Centre II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
COURT: Criminal Appeal No. 707 of 2020 before Hon'ble Supreme Court of India
HON’BLE JUDGES/CORAM: L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi
PARTIES INVOLVED: Hitesh Verma (Appellant) and The State of Uttarakhand & Anr. (Respondent)
DATE OF DECISION: November 5, 2020.
TOPIC: Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The trial Court convicted one Hitesh Verma (hereinafter referred to as the ‘accused’) for the offence of that an offence under Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and his conviction as well as sentence was upheld by the High Court of Uttarakhand. Hence the matter arose before the present court via grant of Special appeal.
