"Deity in the temple cannot even be imagined to be belonging to a few. Worshipping of the deity is to be given to one and all. Any kind of bigotry or discrimination is unacceptable," the Karnataka High Court said.
It was alleged in the complaint that at a temple in the Davenegere district, a family was stopped by the eight petitioners, assaulted and abused with casteist slur and prevented from entering the temple.
The Karnataka High Court has convicted and sentenced 10 people who in 2008 had barged into a Harijan Colony in Tumkur district abused them and assaulted the Dalits residing their by referring to their.
The accused chose to assault the complainant and others simply because though they belong to a Schedule Caste, they had the courage or audacity to complain against a person from a forward community, the Court found.