1 Cri. Application No.986 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD Criminal Application No.986 Of 2011 Baba Devidas Honde. ... Applicant. Versus State of Maharashtra And Another. ... Respondents. -------- Shri. Kailash B Jadhav, Advocate, for the applicant. Shri. P.P. More, Additional Public Prosecutor, for respondent No.1. Smt. Monica Purnapatre, Advocate, for respondent No.2. -------- CORAM: K.U. CHANDIWAL, J. DATE: 28th JUNE 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1) Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) The prosecution of the accused / applicant for offence under section 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and section 323 of the Indian Penal Code is questioned. 2 Cri. Application No.986 of 2011 3) With the assistance of the learned counsel reading of the FIR dated 27-2-2011 it is explicit that the complainant has in condensed form narrated what has happened at the behest of the applicant - accused when she had been to him on 27-2-2011 to demand wages. The accused / applicant allegedly abused her in the name of her caste in public place in the gaze of other persons. Considering all these aspects, at this stage it cannot be said that initiation of the prosecution in question is an abuse of process of law. 4) The application lacks merits, dismissed. Liberty to the applicant to seek discharge or other appropriate remedy under the law. Sd/- (K.U. CHANDIWAL, J.) rsl