offence was committed on the ground that the victim is a member of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe.

This Hon'ble Kerala High Court in the decision reported in 2002 (2) KLT 565 has held, "The Bench decision in Ramachandran v. State of Kerala (1996 (1) KLT 296) is authority for the proposition that one of the ingredients to be proved for establishing the offence under S. 3(2\(v) of the Act is to establish that the offence was committed on the ground that the victim is a member of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe. Drawing an analogy therefrom in a prosecution under S. 3(1)(x) it has to be established that the humiliation intended is on the ground that the victim is a member of such caste or tribe"