1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.388 OF 2003 Bhiku Rama More ..Applicant. Vs. Gunaji Mahadev Nikam and others ..Respondents. ... None for the Applicant. Mr. J.P. Yagnik, APP for the State. .... CORAM: V.C. DAGA, J. 6th June, 2008. P.C. : 1. None appears for the Applicant. Heard the learned APP for the State. Perused the Revision Application and the documents annexed thereto. 2. Since nobody is appearing for the Applicant, with the assistance of the Learned APP, I went through the record and having gone through the same, it appears that the complaint was lodged by one Bhiku Rama More, the Applicant herein, claiming to be a Buddhist. The Respondents – accused were charged for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes 2 and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and after full trial the Trial Court came to the conclusion that in view of the law laid down by this Court in 1980 Cri. L. (Mah) 146 (148), a person belonging to Buddha religion i.e. Buddhist does not fall within the category of Scheduled Caste as defined under the provisions of the Act. Consequently, the Respondents – accused were acquitted of the charges levelled against them. 3. The aforesaid legal position holds goods even today. Apart from above, I was also taken through the material available on the record in general and the FIR in particular, wherein the caste of the person against whom the complaint was made does not find place. As such, in view of the law laid down by this Court in 1980 Cri. L. (Mah) 146, the prosecution cannot succeed. 4. In the result, no case is made out to interfere with the order. The Revision Application is thus dismissed. Rule discharged. 3 (V.C.DAGA, J.)