STATE OF HARYANA vs SAVITA DAHIYA

CRM-A-454-2019 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-A-454-2019 (O&M) Date of Reserved: 14.05.2026 Date of Pronouncement: 29.05.2026. State of Haryana ....Applicant. Versus Savita Dahiya ...Respondent. *** CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR ....... Argued by: Mr. R.K. Singla, Addl. A.G., Haryana. *** Sukhvinder Kaur, J. 1. Applicant-State has preferred the instant application under Section 378(3) Cr.P.C. seeking leave to appeal against judgment dated 25.07.2018, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram, vide which respondent has been acquitted of offences punishable under Sections 186, 189 IPC and Section 3 of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)Act, 1989. 2. Brief facts of the prosecution case are that on 09.08.2016 complainant L/Constable Ritu Bala presented a complaint to police alleging therein that two months ago, she was deputed on Protection Duty with Savita Dahiya and when she went for the first time on duty, Savita Dahiya asked about her caste and she disclosed that she belongs to SC category. Thereafter, she started misbehaving with her by threatening to get her suspended from the job and even c