1 APPLN-2534.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2534 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra .... Applicant Vs. Sattar Hanif Shaikh & Ors. .... Respondents Shri Rajesh More, APP, for the Applicant-State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: AUGUST 04, 2011 P.C: This is an application for leave to file appeal against acquittal of the respondents ordered by the learned Special Judge, Solapur for the offences punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Section 7(1)(d) of the Protection of Civil Rights Act and Sections 504 and 506 r/w Section 34 of the IPC. The first informant herself was in the business of distilling illicit liquor and she had received notice of externment. She alleges that the accused persons gave her filthy abuses based on her caste. None of the independent witnesses 2 APPLN-2534.10 support her case. Considering the possibility of making false allegations, the learned Judge refused to believe the evidence tendered since it was inconsistent. It cannot be said that the view taken by the learned Judge is perverse or improbable. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)