{"id":216664,"date":"2019-07-10T12:30:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=216664"},"modified":"2019-07-16T17:59:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:29:36","slug":"raj-hc-life-imprisonment-set-aside-under-sc-st-act-held-offence-was-not-to-sexually-assault-a-member-of-the-scheduled-caste-community-but-to-satisfy-carnal-desires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/10\/raj-hc-life-imprisonment-set-aside-under-sc-st-act-held-offence-was-not-to-sexually-assault-a-member-of-the-scheduled-caste-community-but-to-satisfy-carnal-desires\/","title":{"rendered":"Raj HC | Punishment of Life Imprisonment set aside under SC\/ST Act; &#8220;offence was not to sexually assault a member of \u2018SC Community\u2019 but to satisfy carnal desires&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rajasthan High Court<\/strong>: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ. contemplated an appeal where the appellant had been convicted and sentenced under Sections 363 and 376 of Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3(2)(v) of SC\/ST Act i.e. commission of any offence under the IPC punishable with imprisonment for a term of ten years or more against a person or property <u><\/u>[knowing that such person is a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or such property belongs to such member], shall be punishable with imprisonment for life and with fine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minimal facts relevant for proper appreciation of the case are that one Asha Bhai lodged an FIR against the appellant for alleged rape and kidnapping of the minor granddaughter of the complainant. Complainant, victim and the appellant were travelling to Ahmedabad when the appellant alleged drugged Asha and when he regained her consciousness there was no trace of the minor victim and the appellant. Subsequently, an investigation was conducted and charge-sheet was filed. Appellant was charged under various Sections of IPC and under Section 3(1) (xii) of SC\/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. As the charge under SC\\ST Act was added the case was duly transferred to the Special Judge for trial. After the trial, the Judge convicted the appellant, hence the instant appeal was preferred.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The counsel for the appellant, Pradeep Shah, submitted that judgment passed by the trial court was bad in the eyes of law. He urged that there was no allegation of any of the prosecution witnesses that the accused kidnapped or subjected the victim to rape with the intention of committing offence on a member of the Scheduled Caste community. He further argued that the conviction of the accused of the offence under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC\/ST Act was prima facie illegal. It was further submitted that the victim was not a minor and there was no proper evidence to prove otherwise. It was contended that the alleged victim resided with her own will and never protested hence the physical relation was consensual and no case of rape was to be made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Learned Public Prosecutor, N.S. Bhati vehemently and fervently opposed the submissions advanced by the appellant. He urged that the victim had given cogent testimony at the trial stating that she was a minor on the date of the incident. The accused lured her away on the premise that he would get her father released from prison. Entertaining this bonafide belief, she accompanied the accused and her grandfather for going to Ahmedabad. The accused gave a slip to her grandfather and forced her to board a train. She was taken to Mahsana where she was kept in a house which is at an isolated place. There, the accused repeatedly subjected her to sexual intercourse. It was further submitted that the medical report pointed towards the alleged rape and the age of the minor was also confirmed accordingly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court, gave thoughtful consideration to the arguments of the parties and observed that \u201c<em>Prima facie, from the evidence available on record, it is duly established and we are fully satisfied that the accused committed the offence under Sections 363 &amp; 376 IPC<\/em> <strong><em>not because he wanted to sexually assault a member of the scheduled caste community but these offences were perpetrated by the accused in order to satisfy his carnal desires<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court further relied on the judgment in, <em>Masumsha Hasanasha Musalman v. State of Maharashtra,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0y2dWStV\">(2000) 3 SCC 557<\/a>, where the Supreme Court in a similar case opined that, the case was not designated against the SC\/ST community specifically. Hence the Court opined that the finding recorded by the trial court whereby the accused was held liable for the offence under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC\/ST Act and was sentenced to life imprisonment on this count is ex-facie illegal and contrary to record. Hence, the Court set aside the impugned judgment to that extent. Further, it observed that the remaining Judgment of the trial court was legal. Thus the appeal was allowed partly.[Kesa Bhai v. 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