Mere proof of victim’s caste insufficient for conviction under SC/ST Act: Supreme Court New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction of a man under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, in a gang rape and murder case, holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the offence was committed with knowledge of the victim’s caste. A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and K.

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