Section 3 of SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 : Section 3: Punishments For Offences Atrocities

Explanation using Example

Imagine a situation where a local landowner, who is not a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, forcibly occupies a piece of land that belongs to a person from the Scheduled Tribes community. Despite the land being officially allotted to the tribal person by a competent authority, the landowner uses threats to coerce the tribal person into giving up their claim over the land. This action falls under Section 3(1)(f) of The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which prohibits wrongfully occupying land belonging to someone from the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.