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Case in Brief
Shantamma, aged 48 years, R/o Reddyvaaripalle, Koduru mandal, SC by caste guards a Papaya garden and resides in a room in the same garden. She has returned from her relatives place and got mango pickle with her on 15th May 2007 evening and was found dead on 16th May 2007 morning. Villagers informed that they have seen Shantamma approaching 6 auto drivers who were consuming alcohol and playing cards in Pattimeedapalem. They suspect that she was made to consume liquor forcefully, gang raped and murdered. Her body was found without clothes and there is serious injury on her head. Her body was buried without informing the police. After this news was published, police and Human Rights Organizations took out the dead body and postmortem was performed.
S. Vallakundapuram is a village located in Coimbatore district, Udumalai Taluk, Kudimangalam Union. There is a Hindu public temple called “MA KALI” and the people have been celebrating religious festival every year in the month of May and Chittirai (Tamil month). This festival will celebrate for three days in every year and many of them being participate and sacrifice their religious oath during the festival. This year festival was started at 09.05.2007 with Holy fir pot cermony for which the devotees were carrying the Holy fire pot and worshiped the god being inside the temple. On this course of time the Dalits also were carrying the holy fir pot and tried to enter the temple, Where the S. Vallakundapuram Dalit people were forbidden enter into the temple by the caste Hindu Ponnusamy and other caste hindus and they also abused them humiliating terms “ Son of Sakkiliya Prostitute” and one Mr.Naidu Kounder (upper caste Man) came forward and brutally beaten Mr. Ammavasai belongs to Dalits reside at S.Vallakundapuram and picked the fir pot from the hand of Mr. Ammavasai and he thrown away, following that the above mentined prepetrators attacked the Dalit peopole used by long stick, iron rod and their hands. Mr. Durasisamy, Mrs. Natchammal, Mrs. Lakshmi and Mr. Durai Samy belongs to Dalit community were severly injured and they admitted in government hospital. Mr. Ammavasai belongs to Hindu Arunthathiyar community went to police station and lodged the complaint against caste hindus.
Pandurang Dhondiba Kamble is resident of Kawtala, under Devni Tehsil in Latur Dist. belongs to Matang (SC) community. He owned a few decimal of land in the area. The money lender belonging to Lingyat Wani caste illegally grabbed land of victim through producing false documents and sold it, taking advantage of illiteracy and poverty of Pandurang Dhondiba Kamble Matang.
Victim lodged a complaint in Devani police station on 22/11/06, u/s 506 but the complaint was registered as Non Cognizable offence. Civil Case is pending disposal before S.R. More-Deputy divisional officer, Nilanga. Dt.:19/5/07 s.no.2007/ror/20. Stay order had given against Tehasildhar order dt.17/4/2007. But victim himself filed private complaint in JMFC Court Deoni on 16/07/2008 u/s 3(1)(iv) POA Act & 504, 506 of IPC & on the same Hon’ble JMFC, Court Deoni immediately issued order to register the FIR & investigate the case dt. 31/07/2008. But after receiving the order of the Hon’ble Court also PS Deoni delayed registering FIR & finally it registered on 31/08/2008 & without properly investigating the case it is B-filed on 20/10/2008.