Court Quashes FIR Under Atrocities Act And IPC, Including Rape Charges, Citing Lack Of Evidence: Gujarat High Court

In a significant ruling, the Gujarat High Court quashed an FIR registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Atrocities Act) after determining that there were no sufficient allegations to support the charges. The case, Situbhai Vijaybhai Rathod VERSUS State of Gujarat, was heard by Honourable Justice J. C. Doshi on February 25, 2025. Case Background: The petitioners, Situbhai Vijaybhai Rathod, Dharmendrakumar Vijaysinh Parmar, and…