Imposes or threatens a social or economic boycott of any person or a family or a group belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine.
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A.Dear Sir,
Whoever, not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe -
i. gives or fabricates false evidence intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be
likely that he will thereby cause, any member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe to be convicted of an offence which is capital by the law for the time being in
force shall be punished with imprisonment for life and with fine; and if an innocent
member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe be convicted and executed in
consequence of such false or fabricated evidence, the person who gives or fabricates
such false evidence, shall be punished with death
ii. gives or fabricates false evidence intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be
likely that he will thereby cause, any member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe to be convicted of an offence which is not capital but punishable with
imprisonment for a term of seven years or upwards, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may
extend to seven years or upwards and with fine
iii. commits mischief by fire or any explosive substance intending to cause or knowing it
to be likely that he will thereby cause damage to any property belonging to a member
of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, shall be punishable with imprisonment for
a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to seven years
and with fine
iv. commits mischief by fire or any explosive substance intending to cause or knowing it
to be likely that he will thereby cause destruction of any building which is ordinarily
used as a place of worship or as a place for human dwelling or as a place for custody
of the property by a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, shall be
punishable with imprisonment for life and with fine
v. commits any offence under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) punishable with
imprisonment for a term of ten years or more against a person or property on the
ground that such person is a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or
such property belongs to such member, shall be punishable with imprisonment for life
and with fine
vi.
knowingly or having reason to believe that an offence has been committed under this Chapter,
causes any evidence of the commission of that offence to disappear with the intention of
screening the offender from legal punishment, or with that intention gives any information
respecting the offence which he knows or believes to be false, shall be punishable with the
punishment provided for that offence; or
vii. being a public servant, commits any offence under this section, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to the
punishment provided for that offence