The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
CHAPTER II: OFFENCES OF ATROCITIES
Section 3: Punishments For Offences Atrocities
Bare Act
(1) Whoever, not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, -
- (a) puts any inedible or obnoxious substance into the mouth of a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or forces such member to drink or eat such inedible or obnoxious substance;
- (b) dumps excreta, sewage, carcasses or any other obnoxious substance in premises, or at the entrance of the premises, occupied by a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
- (c) with intent to cause injury, insult or annoyance to any member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, dumps excreta, waste matter, carcasses or any other obnoxious substance in his neighbourhood;
- (d) garlands with footwear or parades naked or semi-naked a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
- (e) forcibly commits on a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe any act, such as removing clothes from the person, forcible tonsuring of head, removing moustaches, painting face or body or any other similar act, which is derogatory to human dignity;
- (f) wrongfully occupies or cultivates any land, owned by, or in the possession of or allotted to, or notified by any competent authority to be allotted to, a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, or gets such land transferred;
Explanation - For the purposes of clause (f) and this clause, the expression "wrongfully" includes -
- (A) against the person's will;
- (B) without the person's consent;
- (C) with the person's consent, where such consent has been obtained by putting the person, or any other person in whom the person is interested in fear of death or of hurt; or
- (D) fabricating records of such land;
- (g) wrongfully dispossesses a member of a Sched… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.
Simplified Act
If you are not a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, the following actions are illegal:
- Making such a member consume something inedible or disgusting.
- Leaving waste or other nasty materials on their property or at the entrance.
- Intentionally placing waste near their home to harm or offend them.
- Humiliating them by making them wear shoes around their neck or parading them… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.
Explanation using examples
Imagine a situation where a local landowner, who is not a member of a Scheduled Caste or Sche… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.
