1 APPLN-2547.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2547 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra .... Applicant Vs. Anil Kakasaheb Bhosale & Anr. .... Respondents Ms M.M. Deshmukh, APP, for the Applicant-State. Shri S.H. Joshi for the Respondents. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JULY 04, 2011 P.C: This is an application for leave to file appeal against acquittal of the respondents ordered by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Islampur for the offences punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Sections 504 and 506 r/w Section 34 of the IPC. The learned APP submitted that the evidence of PW-1 Vijay Kadam is corroborated by that of PW-4 Raosaheb Anna. When an offence is made up only of verbal utterances, the corroboration required would be of a high quality. The two witnesses have not 2 APPLN-2547.10 stated the exact words uttered in the same manner. Apart from this, PW-4 Raosaheb Anna could not be believed because he was a chance witness who had no business to be at the spot where the incident took place. He admitted that he was in the habit of consuming liquor. He had also stated that many cases were registered against him in the past by the police for selling liquor and therefore such a witness could not be held to be corroborating the words of the complainant, particularly when there could be several other persons present who could have witnessed the incident and could have been helpful to the case of the prosecution. The view taken by the learned Judge cannot be said to be improbable or perverse. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)