IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4460 of 2010 JOGENDRA JHA @ DEVENDRA JHA, s/o Sri Ram Pavitra Jha, resident of village- Bharwari, P. S. Rosera, District Samastipur ……Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR … Opp. party ----------- 2. 04.02.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. All said and done, the impugned order so far it relates to framing charge under Section 3 of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, cannot be sustained inasmuch as the occurrence in question is admittedly of the year 1983 whereas aforementioned Act came into force only in the year 1989. That being so, the portion of charge framed by the trial court under Section 3 of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is hereby quashed and the rest of the charge shall remain intact. The trial court considering that the allegation is of the year 1983, must ensure that the trial is concluded within a period of one year from today. Accordingly, this application is allowed to the extent indicated above. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)