A sessions court here on Thursday held newspaper columnist Anish Trivedi guilty under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment. Mr. Trivedi, however, got bail when he went in appeal.
“[Mr. Trivedi] was given six months [imprisonment] and fined Rs. 25,000 under Section 3 (1) (x) of the Act for insulting members of the Scheduled Caste,” public prosecutor S.B. Dukhande told The Hindu.
In his April 30, 2006 article, ‘Children of a lesser god’, a copy of which is with The Hindu, Mr. Trivedi wrote that government-owned companies were languishing in comparison to their counterparts on the other side of the coin because they were manned by the “children of reservation.” He also cast a slur on the Scheduled Castes.
2 others acquitted
The first information report against Mr. Trivedi also named Editors Krishna Warrier and Lajwanti D’Souza of Mid Day.
However, both Mr. Warrier and Ms. D’Souza were acquitted.