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Shajan Skaria v. The State of Kerala & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 8 S.C.R. 1086
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 23 August 2024

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Issue for Consideration Whether Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 imposes an absolute bar on the grant of anticipatory bail in cases registered under the said Act; when can it be said that a prima facie case is made out in a given FIR/complaint; whether the averments in the FIR/complaint in question disclose commission of any offence under Section 3(1)(r) or under Section 3(1)(u) of the 1989 Act; whether mere knowledge of the caste identity of the complainant is sufficient to attract the offence under Section 3(1)(r) of the 1989 Act.

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