अनुसूचित जाती आणि अनुसूचित जमाती अत्याचार (प्रतिबंध) अधिनियम या संदर्भात पुढील गोष्टींचा विचार करा आणि कलम 3 प्रमाणे अत्याचार घडला आहे किंवा नाही ते सांगा.
(a) "a" या गावातील अनुसूचित जातीच्या सर्व लोकांनी गावच्या अमागासवर्गीय शाळा मास्तरला कारणाशिवाय मारहाण करुन त्याला गावाबाहेर काढले व त्याचे घर जाळले.
(b) "किसन" या अनुसूचित जातीच्या, केशकर्तनालयाच्या मालकाने पांडूचे केस कापण्यास, तो अनुसूचित जमातीचा आहे म्हणून नकार दिला आणि त्याला मारुन दुकानाबाहेर काढले.
पर्यायी उत्तरे :

The correct answer is Option D (No offence punishable under above mentioned Act is committed under (a) and (b).).

Key Points:
• Application of Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989:
• Fundamental Pre-requisite of Section 3: Section 3 explicitly begins with: *"Whoever, not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe... commits any of the enumerated acts against a member of an SC or ST... shall be punishable..."*. Thus, an atrocity under this Act can ONLY be committed by a non-SC/non-ST person against an SC or ST member.
• Analysis of Fact (a): The offenders are persons belonging to a Scheduled Caste, while the victim is an open-category schoolmaster. An SC person committing an act against a non-SC/ST person cannot be prosecuted under the PoA Act (though punishable under the Indian Penal Code). Hence, no offence under Section 3.
• Analysis of Fact (b): The perpetrator 'Kisan' belongs to a Scheduled Caste. An intra-community offence committed by an SC person against an ST member does NOT attract Section 3 because the perpetrator must be a non-SC/non-ST individual.
• Therefore, in neither case (a) nor (b) has an offence punishable under Section 3 of the PoA Act been committed.
• Key Takeaway: Under Section 3 of the PoA Act 1989, an offence can only be committed by a person who is NOT a member of an SC or ST.