SC/ST Act

Rule 7(1) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995, a subordinate legislation under an Act of Parliament, namely, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities){PoA}, Act,1989, specifies that an offence committed under the PoA Act, shall be investigated by a police officer not below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police(Dy.S.P.). Rule 7(2) of the aforesaid Rules stipulates that the Investigating Officer shall complete the investigation on top priority within thirty days and submit the report to the Superintendent of Police who in turn will immediately forward the report to the Director General of Police of the State Government.