New Delhi, 22/5: The Supreme Court has held that it is desirable that charges made against an accused in cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act should be outlined, if not in the FIR, then at least in the charge sheet, to enable a special court to take a full and complete view before taking the cognisance of the matter in view of the overriding effect of the special law.
The court also said that every abuse made against a member of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes in public view cannot fall under the category of offences under the Atrocities Act, unless it is laced with casteist remarks.
A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta said if one calls another an idiot (bewaqoof) or a fool (murkh) or a thief (chor) in any place within public view, this would obviously constitute an act intended to insult or humiliate by user of abusive or offensive language.
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