Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989–Sec. 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) & 3(2)(va)–Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Sec. 190–Cognizance for the offence–Plea of appellant that the Special Court was not empowered to exercise the powers u/s. 190–Special Court has the power of taking the cognizance of offence–Merely because the provisions of Sec. 190 were mentioned wrongly in the application, the order impugned cannot be held to be illegal–Plea negated.


