1 APPLN 5137 OF 2010 vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.5137 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra .. Applicant -versus Rameshchandra Eknath Parkale .. Respondent. Mrs. M. R. Tidke, APP for the State. Mr. P. B. Londhe Patil, for the respondents. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: 16th November, 2011 P.C. 1. This is an application for leave to file appeal against respondent's acquittal for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sections 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, rendered by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Pune. The learned Judge held that the report in respect of an incident which took place on 12th April, 2008 at 11.45 a.m. on platform No.2 at Pune railway station, was given by the first informant on 2nd May, 2008. The first informant is an officer who had been deputed to C.B.I and therefore, should have known the importance of promptly reporting the matter to police. The learned Judge also found that the two witnesses 2 APPLN 5137 OF 2010 who had deposed supporting first informant should not have been present at the time and place of incident. The observations of the learned Judge do not appear to be perverse or improbable. No interference is called for. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)