#Caste Awareness

Jharkhand High Court rules that knowledge of the victim's Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe status is sufficient to invoke Section 18's absolute bar on anticipatory bail, regardless of the consensual nature of the relationship. The judgment reinforces that offences punishable with 10+ years imprisonment under the Act attract statutory presumption, limiting judicial discretion in bail matters.

Bombay High Court quashes Atrocities Act charges where caste awareness is unproven and investigation is tainted by selective evidence collection.