Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989–Sec. 3(1)(x)–Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 504–Conviction–Sustainability–PW 2 turned hostile and stated that she was at home when the incident happened–PW 4 is the employee of complainant and he cannot be termed an independent and impartial witness–Independent witnesses of the locality were not examined by the prosecution despite the fact that various houses were nearby the place of incident–Complainant did not appear for cross-examination–Held, prosecution failed to prove the case beyond the reasonable doubt–Appellant is entitled to be acquitted.
