law: Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  4. Punishment for neglect of duties
  Whoever, being a public servant but not being a member of a
  
  Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, willfully neglects his duties required to
  
  be performed by him under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a
  
  term shall not be than six months but which may extend to one year.