JUDGMENT

C.Praveen Kumar, J. - The present Criminal Petition came to be filed by A4 (Retired Tahsildar) under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, seeking to quash the investigation in crime No.14 of 2020 of Crime Investigation Department (CID) Police Station, Amaravathi, Mangalagiri, registered against one, K.Brahmananda Reddy (A1) and Others, for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 506 read with Section 120-B I.P.C., Section 3(1)(g),(2)(Va) of S.Cs. & S.Ts. (PoA) Amendment Act, 2018 and Section 7 of A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977.

2. The facts discernible from the report lodged by one, Yellamati Prasad Kumar, are as under :

It is stated that since 2014, one, Kommareddy Brahmananda Reddy (A1) used to come to the village of the informant i.e., Nidamanuru Village for land dealings. A1, who has a real estate office near Ambedkar statute in Mangalagiri Town, was introduced to the informant by one Pedapudi Andriyya and his sons Naga Raju and Rajesh. The informant, being a caste elder of Harijanawada, used to discuss about the land settlements. A1 is alleged to have settled a land dispute in respect of land admeasuring Ac.6.50 cents, existing betw