Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 63 · Decided 28 January 2004
State of Kerala and Anr v. Chandramohanan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 63 · [2004] 1 S.C.R. 1155
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 240/1997
- Decided
- 28 January 2004
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.B. SINHA, S.H. KAPADIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 509; CrPC; Constitution Article 342
Headnote
B Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989: Ss.3(i) and (xi)-Scheduled Tribe-Effect of conversion-Offence alleged c lo have been committed against a girl of Scheduled Tribe- Plea of accused that since family of !he viclim had been converted aboul 200 years back, of law it cannot be accepled that merely by change of religion person ceases to be a member of Scheduled Tribe bu/ the question as to whether he ceases D to be a 111e111ber thereof or not must be deter111ined by 1he appropriale court as such a question would depend upon the Jae/ of each
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