IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1361 OF 2005 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1361 OF 2005 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1361 OF 2005 Madhavrao Sakharam Mande & ors.... Petitioners versus State of Maharashtra & ors ... Respondents. WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1322 OF 2005 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1322 OF 2005 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1322 OF 2005 Babasaheb Shripati Vadinge & anr. Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra ... Respondent. WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1338 OF 2005 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1338 OF 2005 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1338 OF 2005 Nemchand Krishna Shitole & ors.... Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra & ors....... Respondent. Mr. M.A.Chaudhari -petitioner in person - present in W.P.1361/05. Mr. M.K.Kocharekar for petitioner in W.P.1322/05. Mr. P.A.Pol APP for State in all matters. CORAM; BILAL NAZKI and CORAM; BILAL NAZKI and CORAM; BILAL NAZKI and A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED; 01ST APRIL, 2008 DATED; 01ST APRIL, 2008 DATED; 01ST APRIL, 2008 P.C.; P.C.; P.C.; 1. All these three writ petitions raise same question of law and facts and are being disposed of by this common order. A case has been registered against the petitioner under the provisions of SC ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, and the prayer of the petitioners are for quashing of FIR on the ground that even if the report given to the police is accepted to be true in its entirity it does not disclose any offence under the provisions of SC ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act nor under IPC. It appears that the complainant was that the Head Master of a School which was being run by the management of which the accused persons were members and petitioner no.2 being the Education Officer, recommended suspension of the Head Master on the ground that certain mis-appropriation had been attributed to him by the audit. The officers accordingly put him under suspension. The complainant attributed this action on the accused because the complainant belongs to a reserved category. Though, it appears that there has not been some injustice in this case because, the complainant was placed under suspension one day before his retirement and eventually he was again resinstated and then he retired with all his benefits. It is submitted by the learned APP and while going through the complaint, we are convinced that no offence is made out under the SC ST ( Prevention of Atrocities) Act or under IPC. Even the learned APP has not been able to point out to us any portion from the complaint which could be taken to disclose any offence under the said act. For these reasons petitions are allowed. FIR NO. 22/05 registered by Ichalkaranji police station is quashed. (BILAL NAZKI J.) (BILAL NAZKI J.) (BILAL NAZKI J.) (A.P.DESHPANDE J.) (A.P.DESHPANDE J.) (A.P.DESHPANDE J.)