IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1382 of 2007 (O&M) Date of decision : December 10, 2008 Jaswinder Singh ....Petitioner versus Gurpal Singh ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Pritam Saini, Advocate for the petitioner Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) The petitioner has brought this petition under section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for setting aside order dated 3.11.2006 passed by learned Sepcial Judge, Patiala, whereby respondent Gurpal Singh was acquitted in case FIR No. 169 dated 29.7.2002, under section 3 of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for short 'the Act') , Police Station Dera Bassi, District Patiala. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and going through the impugned order of acquittal, this Court finds that respondent Gurpal Singh was challaned in this case under section 3 of the Act in the year 2003 and ultimately after facing the agony of the trial for about four years he was acquitted by the trial court in November, 2006. A perusal of the impugned judgment shows that the findings arrived at by the court below are not perverse or unreasonable in any manner. Admittedly, the State has also not filed any appeal against order of acquittal. Criminal Revision No. 1382 of 2007 (O&M) -2- After taking an over-all view of the facts and circumstances of the case and the occurrence which had taken place, no interference is called for in the impugned order. Dismissed. Since no case is made out on merits, therefore, no order is required to be passed on application for condonation of delay of 106 days in filing the revision. ( Pritam Pal ) December 10, 2008 Judge 'dalbir'