<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the arrest of women rights activist Trupti Desai in a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court sought the response of the Maharashtra government on a plea moved by Trupti against the April 23 order of the Bombay High Court rejecting her anticipatory bail application in the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M M Shantanagoudar, while issuing a notice to the state government, stayed the arrest of Desai, founder of 'Bhumata Brigade'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the prosecution, complainant Vijay Makasare was heading towards Mumbai from his residence in Ahmednagar, when Desai, along with three others, came in their car and stopped his car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They had then reportedly snatched his Samsung mobile phone, gold chain and money worth Rs 27,000, after which he was assaulted with sticks and iron rods by all the accused.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The complainant has also charged that as he belongs to the Mahar community, Trupti and others abused him in the name of caste. The police had registered a complaint under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trupti had argued before the high court that the "patently false" complaint was made 10 days after the incident. She also claimed the complainant does not belong to SC/ST community after converting to Christianity.</p>
<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the arrest of women rights activist Trupti Desai in a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court sought the response of the Maharashtra government on a plea moved by Trupti against the April 23 order of the Bombay High Court rejecting her anticipatory bail application in the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M M Shantanagoudar, while issuing a notice to the state government, stayed the arrest of Desai, founder of 'Bhumata Brigade'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the prosecution, complainant Vijay Makasare was heading towards Mumbai from his residence in Ahmednagar, when Desai, along with three others, came in their car and stopped his car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They had then reportedly snatched his Samsung mobile phone, gold chain and money worth Rs 27,000, after which he was assaulted with sticks and iron rods by all the accused.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The complainant has also charged that as he belongs to the Mahar community, Trupti and others abused him in the name of caste. The police had registered a complaint under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trupti had argued before the high court that the "patently false" complaint was made 10 days after the incident. She also claimed the complainant does not belong to SC/ST community after converting to Christianity.</p>
