Archive · 6 Aug 2025
SC Man Wrongly Booked Under SC/ST Act in Gwalior
In Gwalior, India, police mistakenly charged a man named Dinesh Singh under a law meant to protect Scheduled Caste individuals.
The police did this because of an audio clip containing caste-based slurs.
However, they didn't check his caste first.
Dinesh later told the police he is also from the Scheduled Caste community.
The police will now drop the charges related to the SC/ST Act after verifying his caste and consider other appropriate legal sections.
This highlights how important it is for police to verify details before filing charges, especially in cases like this.
An SC man was booked under the SC/ST Act for alleged caste-based abuse.
The police filed the case without verifying the accused's caste.
The accused, Dinesh Jatav, informed police he is also SC after the case was filed.
Police assumed Dinesh Singh was not SC based on his name.
The SC/ST charges will be dropped after caste verification.
- Who
- Dinesh Jatav (Dinesh Singh) and Ajay Soni (Ajay Jatav) and the police
- What
- An SC man was wrongly booked under the SC/ST Act.
- When
- Tuesday
- Where
- Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
- Why
- Due to a lack of caste verification before filing charges
Original Complaint
Accused's Defense
Caste Allegations
Original Complaint
Accusation of caste-based abuse.
Accused's Defense
Accused's claim of also being SC.
- Accused
- Dinesh Jatav (Dinesh Singh)
- Complainant
- Ajay Soni (Ajay Jatav)
- Location
- Thatipur police station, Gwalior
- Incident
- Caste-based abusive language in audio clip
- Legal action
- SC/ST Act charges filed initially
- Outcome
- SC/ST charges to be reviewed