Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 664 · Decided 25 October 2021
Ramawatar v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 664 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 499
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1393/2011
- Decided
- 25 October 2021
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HIMA KOHLI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; Constitution Article 142, 15, 17, 21; SC/ST Act
Headnote
Constitution of India: Art.142 - Prosecution case was that there was property dispute between the two neighbours appellant and complainant - Complaint was filed under SC/ST Act against the appellant that he abused complainant with repeated reference to her caste - Courts under SC/ST Act - In the instant appeal, complainant filed an application for compromise - Held: The record manifests that there was an undeniable pre-existing civil dispute between the parties - Thus, the genesis of the deprecated incident was civil/property dispute
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