Once complaint is lodged, FIR registered, publication of the banner is uncalled for, complainant cannot seek extra judicial remedies to pressurize the prosecution, the High Court held.
It would be precarious to hold that mere reference to caste of a person wouldn't be an offence under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 (SC/ST Act), the Bombay High Court said.