Supreme Court of India

Hariram Bhambhi v. Sc/st

Neutral citation
Reported as [2021] 8 S.C.R. 855
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 29 October 2021

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989: ss.15A( 3) and 15A(5) – Rights of victims – Notice under s.15A not is sued to victim/ dependents while hearing bail application of accused – Effec t of – Held: Sub-sections (3) and (5) of s.15A specifically make the victim or their dependent an active stakeholder in the criminal p roceedings – These provisions enable a member of the marginalize d caste to effectively pursue a case and counteract the effect s of defective investigations – Sub-section (3) confers a right to a prior notice, this being evident from the use of the expression “

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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