Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989–Sec. 3(2)(v)–Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 376–Rape with a minor girl aged seven years–Prosecution failed to establish that the offence was committed because the prosecutrix was belonging to SC/ST–Held, conviction u/s. 3(2)(v) deserves to be set aside.
