1 APPLN-1134.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1134 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra .... Applicant Vs. Arun Dhondopant Dhavale & Anr. .... Respondents Smt. V.R. Bhosale, APP,for the Applicant. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: NOVEMBER 30, 2011 P.C: 1. This is an application for leave to file appeal against acquittal of the respondents by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Satara for the offence punishable under Sections 3(1)(x) and 3(1)(viii) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 as well as Section 504 r/w Section 34 of the IPC. 2. The learned Judge refused to believe the complainant and his witnesses because on 19-6-2007 the accused had given a notice to the complainant as well as the builder in respect of nuisance by the complainant. The incident is 2 APPLN-1134.11 alleged to have taken place on 20-6-2007. The complainant, however, did not give any report to the police. The accused filed a complaint on 23-8-2007 against the builder and the complainant. The complainant claims to have approached the police on 23-10-2007 and eventually filed a private complaint on 10-12-2007 in respect of the incident dated 20-6-2007. Considering the delay and the fact that the complaint by the complainant came after the accused had given him notice and also hauled him up before the Consumer Forum, the learned Judge refused to believe the complainant's version of the incident. 3. In view of the above, it cannot be said that the view taken by the learned Judge is perverse or improbable. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)