The applicant has filed this application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 with a prayer to quash and set aside the FIR being Atrocity II CR No.12/11 for the offences punishable under sections 504, 506[2] of the IPC and section 3[i][x] of The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes [Prevention of Atrocities] Act, 1989 [for short, `the Act'].
2. The complainant belongs to a Scheduled Caste. He obtained degree in Law and is practicing as a Lawyer in the District Court of Amreli. The applicant is alleged of abusing the complainant in presence of witnesses attracting ingredients of section 3[i][x] of the Act.
3. Learned advocate for the applicant submits that the impugned complaint and allegations levelled therein are unfounded, baseless and retaliatory action taken by the applicant, and therefore, the impugned complaint may be quashed and set aside.
4. Having heard learned advocate for the petitioner and on perusal of the record of the case, I am of the considered opinion that no case is made out to exercise powers under Section 482 of the Code, when the investigation is in progress.
In absence of merit, this application stands dismissed.
Notice is discharged.
[Anant S. Dave, J.] *pvv Top