1 APPLN-558.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.558 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra .... Applicant Vs. Sambhaji Nathu Javalkar & Ors. .... Respondents Shri S.A. Shaikh, APP, for the Applicant-State. 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, Pune for the offences punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Section of 7(1)(d) of the Protection of Civil Rights Act and Sections 143, 448, 427, 504 and 506 r/w Section 34 or Section 149 of the IPC. The learned Judge held that in respect of the incident dated 27-6-2007 report was lodged only on 24-7-2007, after consultation amongst the 2 APPLN-558.11 family members as well as social workers. One of the witnesses examined is in fact a member of the Disputes Resolution Committee of the village and well versed with the process of making complaints. That apart, the learned Judge held that there was nothing to show that the accused persons had individually or severally abused the first informant and his family members or had caused damage to their house. Further, the first informant himself admits that a dispute about boundary between two houses was going on for four years and the accused had in fact suggested to get the boundary dispute settled by having the plots measured by a Government agency. In view of this, the possibility of the respondents having been falsely implicated cannot be ruled out. The view taken by the learned Judge cannot be faulted. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)