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“Even though every citizen is duty bound to help the police, that does not mean that refusal of the same shall be considered as an offence in all situations.”
“To prove an offence under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, a particular community shall be targeted, or a particular member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe shall be targeted.”
The copy pasting of statements may unnecessarily give advantage to the accused persons, because of which the seriousness of the genuine case may vanish.
Respondent 2 stated that the notice which her husband, Applicant 1 had given on 28-12-2023, stated that Talaq-e-Ahsan i.e., one pronouncement of Talaq, was given to her.
The applicant is made an accused as it is alleged that he made a speech and because of the said speech, co-accused persons, i.e., his party workers/followers got excited and pelted stones at a bus.
The allegations submitted by Respondent 2 cannot amount to cruelty under Section 498-A of Penal Code, 1860 as each person shall act in his own way and the said act independently shall amount to cruelty.