Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989–Sec. 3–Penal Code, 1860–If the offences complained are both under the IPC and the offence enumerated in Sec. 3 of the Act and the investigation being made by a competent police officer in accordance with the provisions of Code, whether the offence under IPC can be quashed and set aside for non-investigation of the offence u/s. 3 by a competent officer?–Held, no–High Court committed error in quashing the proceedings under the provisions of IPC.
