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News Topical, Digital Desk : A single bench of Justice Rajni Dubey of the Chhattisgarh High Court acquitted teacher Anita Singh Thakur in a 17-year-old Atrocity Act case. The court stated that using caste-related words without the intent to offend is not a crime.
In 2008, the SC/ST Act was imposed on the teacher.
Anita Singh, a teacher from Khairagarh in Rajnandgaon district, was appealing her conviction by a special court. On April 11, 2008, the trial court sentenced her to six months' imprisonment and a fine of ₹500 under Section 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
According to the case, on November 23, 2006, office assistant Tikaram posted at Primary School Pipariya had lodged a report that teacher Anita Singh had used casteist words and insulted him while refusing to drink tea.
The teacher called him a cobbler
He alleged that the teacher had refused to drink tea from his hands, calling him a cobbler. Police registered a case and filed a charge sheet in the Special Court (Atrocity). The complainant's caste certificate (a temporary certificate) was issued after the incident on December 4, 2006, and was valid for only six months.
The teacher never discriminated against me.
The court stated that this certificate was not legal. Witnesses admitted that before the incident, the teacher often drank tea prepared by the same peon and never discriminated against him. The court stated that merely using a casteist slur, unless the intent to insult or humiliate is proven, does not constitute a crime under the SC/ST Act.
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