SHAJAN SKARIAversusTHE STATE OF KERALA & ANR.
Case No.: CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2622/2024
Decision Date: 23-08-2024
Disposal: Appeal(s) allowed
Neutral Citation: 2024INSC625

J.B. PARDIWALA*, MANOJ MISRA Issue for Consideration Whether Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 imposes an absolute bar on the grant of anticipatory bail in cases registered under the said Act; when can it be said that a prima facie case is made out in a given FIR/complaint in question disclose commission of any offence under Section 3(1)(r) or under Section 3(1)(u) of the 1989 Act; whether mere knowledge of the caste identity of the complainant is sufficient to attract the offence under Section 3(1)(r) of the 1989 Act. Headnotes† Scheduled 

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