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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2024
(Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.1608/2020
RABINDRA KUMAR CHHATOI APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF ODISHA & ANR. RESPONDENT(S) O R D E R
Leave granted.
2. The appellant herein, is aggrieved by the order dated
13.11.2019 passed in Criminal Revision No.580 of 2019. The High
Court in the said revision petition, which assailed the order dated
02.08.2019 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge,
Bhubaneswar in T.R. No.400 of 2016, has sustained the same and
consequently, the Criminal Revision No.580 of 2019 has been
dismissed. Hence, this appeal.
3. We have heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned
counsel for the first respondent-State and learned counsel for the
second respondent-complainant and perused the material on record
and the provisions which are applicable to the present appeal.
4. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the second
respondent herein, had instituted a Criminal Complaint against the
appellant herein, under Sections 294 and 506 of the Indian Penal
Code (IPC) read with Section 3(i)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and
the Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
[hereinafter referred to as “SC & ST (POA) Act” for the sake of
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convenience.
5. Before the Learned Additional ...