Thursday, January 27, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Columnist found guilty under SC/ST Act, gets bail

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1131444.ece

Published: January 28, 2011 02:58 IST | Updated: January 28, 2011
02:58 IST Mumbai, January 28, 2011

Columnist found guilty under SC/ST Act, gets bail
Rahi Gaikwad

A sessions court here on Thursday held newspaper columnist Anish
Trivedi guilty under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sentenced him to six months'
imprisonment. Mr. Trivedi, however, got bail when he went in appeal.

"[Mr. Trivedi] was given six months [imprisonment] and fined Rs.
25,000 under Section 3 (1) (x) of the Act for insulting members of the
Scheduled Caste," public prosecutor S.B. Dukhande told The Hindu.

In his April 30, 2006 article, 'Children of a lesser god', a copy of
which is with The Hindu, Mr. Trivedi wrote that government-owned
companies were languishing in comparison to their counterparts on the
other side of the coin because they were manned by the "children of
reservation." He also cast a slur on the Scheduled Castes.

2 others acquitted

The first information report against Mr. Trivedi also named Editors
Krishna Warrier and Lajwanti D'Souza of Mid Day.

However, both Mr. Warrier and Ms. D'Souza were acquitted.


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