( 1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3998 OF 2010 Ganpat Babasaheb Yadav & others APPLICANTS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & another RESPONDENTS .... Mr. Sachin S. Deshmukh, advocate for the applicants. Mrs. B.R. Khekale, APP for the respondents/State. .... [CORAM : V.R. KINGAONKAR, J.] [DATE : 13th October, 2010] PER COURT : 1. Heard learned advocate. 2. The application is filed under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, seeking quashing of the FIR registered at Bardapur Police Station vide No. 56/2010, for offences, punishable under section 3 (1) (x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and under section 147, 149, 323 and 506 of the I.P. Code. ( 2 ) 3. The F.I.R. prima facie purports to show that there was dispute regarding cultivation of the gaoran land which was allegedly encroached over by the members of Scheduled Caste. The complainant and his relatives came to know that the villagers were likely to graze cattles in the encroached land in order to cause damage to the crops. Therefore, the complainant went to the gaoran land where he noticed a large crowd of about 150 to 200 villagers present alongwith cattles. He urged them not to graze the cattles in the standing crops. It is alleged that the present applicants then insulted the complainant on the ground of his being member of Scheduled Caste by calling him "Dhedgya", telling that he had become arrogant. He was assaulted by them. 4. It is not necessary to go into details about the material collected during course of investigation. Suffice it to say that the applicants are named in the FIR as the persons who allegedly insulted the complainant on the ground of his being member of Scheduled Caste. In such a case, quashing of the FIR is impermissible. The remedy under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code is rather extraordinary and is to be made available where there is abuse of the process of the Court or any perversity in the action is noticed. While ( 3 ) dealing with such an application, scanning of the evidence is not legally permissible. No case is made out for the purpose of quashing of the FIR. Therefore, the application is dismissed. [V.R. KINGAONKAR] JUDGE NPJ/criapln3998-10