Criminal Petition No.943I of 2009 is filed by A1 to A4, whereas Criminal Petition No.9227 of 2009 is filed by the de facto complainant in PRC No.37 of 2009 on the file of the Court of Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District.

2. Heard Sri Purnachandra Reddy representing Smt. D. Sangeetha Reddy, the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioners A1 to A4 in Crl. P No. 9431 of 2009, Sri D. Ramalillgaswamy, the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner-de facto complainant in Criminal Petition No.9227 of 2009 and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State.

3. The short facts leading to the filing of these two criminal petitions are that the de facto complainant lodged a report against the accused with the Police Pentapadu alleging that on 18.3.2008 at about 11:00 a.m., A1 to A4 beat Lws. 1 and 2 with knives, caused bleeding injuries, restrained them entering into the fields and rice mill, damaged the furniture in the rice mill and the car of LW2 and also that they abused LW1 in the name of his caste. On the strength of the said report, the Station House Officer, Pentapadu Police Station registered a case in Crime N