ORDER :

This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, is filed to quash the proceedings in Special S.C.No.61 of 2020 on the file of the XI Additional District Judge-cum-Special Judge for trial of the offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Visakhapatnam. Petitioner herein is sole accused in the Special Sessions Case.

2. A charge sheet has been filed against the petitioner for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 323, 506-II IPC and 3 (1) (r) (s) and 3 (2) (va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015(for short, ‘the Act, 2015’). The allegations, in brief, in the charge sheet may be stated as follows:

2nd respondent/defacto complainant and the petitioner/accused worked as Teachers in Z.P.H. School, Kothapalem, Gopalapatnam. Husband of 2nd respondent died in the year 2009 and taking advantage of the same, the petitioner developed acquaintance with her and promised her that he would look after her and her daughter well and assisted them in their needs. He also promised that he would marry her by giving divorce to his wife and induce