Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act * S. 3(1)(x) – Offence under Act – Significance of place.

Acts amounting to insult or humiliation to members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes should be visible and audible to public, otherwise it would not amount to offence – Alleged incident of insult or intimidation took place inside house of applicant and not in the public place – Not an offence. (Uday Singh Ram Singh Pawar v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.; 2009 Cri.L.J. (NOC) 783 (Bom)