( 1 ) THIS is an application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to direct release of the petitioner (A-1) on bail, in the event of his arrest, in connection with Cr. No. 81 of 1998 on the file of P. S. Parkal, Warangal District. The petitioner apprehends arrest at the hands of the Police in connection with the above crime registered under Section 306 IPC and Section 3 (i) (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short prevention of Atrocities Act ).

( 2 ) THE allegations made in the First Information Report (FIR) and the Remand Case Diary may, briefly, be noticed. The deceased, K. Tirupathi was working as an Attender in Sahiti Junior College, Parkal. The deceased is alleged to have committed theft of a cheque for Rs. 10,000-00 and presented the same in State Bank of Hyderabad and withdrew the amount. On 19-6-1998 the matter came to the notice of the management and an inquiry was held. The management is alleged to have made inquiry with the deceased and obtained the specimen signature and hand-writing for the purposes of comparison with the writing found on the cheque. On comparison, it was found that the deceased had

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