What is covered under atrocities against SC & ST ?
In case a person, not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, forces a member of SC/ST (i) to drink or eat any inedible or obnoxious substance; (ii) to cause injury, insult or annoyance by dumping excreta, waste matter, carcasses or any other obnoxious substance in his premises or neighbourhood; (iii) forcibly removes clothes or parades him naked or with painted face or body or commits any similar act which is derogatory to human dignity; (iv) wrongfully occupies or cultivates any land owned by, or allotted to, or notified by any competent authority to be allotted to him transferred; (v) wrongfully dispossesses from his land or premises or interferes with the enjoyment of his rights over any land, premises or water; (vi) compels or entices to do begar or other similar forms of forced or bonded labour other than any compulsory service for public purposes imposed by Government; (vii) forces or intimidates not to vote or to vote a particular candidate or to vote in a man
