Supreme Court of India

Karuppudayar v. State Rep. by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Lalgudi Trichy & Ors.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1381
Bench B.R. Gavai and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 31 January 2025

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From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the incident in question occurred at a place which can be termed to be a place within public view; whether the allegations in the FIR constitute an offence either under Section 3(1)(r) or under Section 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Headnotes† Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – ss.3(1)(r) or Section 3(1)(s) – “any place within public view” – As per the complainant when he was in his office the accused came there for an enquiry from the complainant however, on

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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