MAHESH PANDEY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard counsel for the petitioners and counsel for the opposite party no. 2 as also the counsel for the State.

(2.) The petitioners in this application under section 482 Cr. PC, have challenged the order dated 28.07.2005 whereby, cognizance for the offences under sections 3(i)(xi) of the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, was taken by the court below against the petitioners vide C.P. Case No. 149 of 2005.

(3.) Assailing the impugned order and challenging the continuation of the proceedings as being a misuse of the process of the court, counsel for the petitioners raises the following grounds: