ORDER :

The son of the petitioners had passed away, in suspicious circumstances, on 20.05.2022. Upon a complaint made in this regard by the 1st petitioner, Crime No.195 of 2022 was registered on 20.05.2022 in Sarpavaram Police Station, East Godavari District, under Section 174 Cr.P.C. Thereafter, the provision of law was altered to offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 read with Section 34 IPC and Section 3(1)(r)(s) and Section 3 (2)(v) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short ‘the Act’).

2. The sole accused in the case was arrested on 23.05.2022 and has remained in judicial custody since then. The Investigating Officer has filed a charge sheet before the Special Court for SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cum X Additional District and Sessions Judge, Rajamahendravaram on 22.08.2022, in which the accused has been accused of offences under Sections 302, 201 IPC and Section 3(1)(r)(s) and Section 3 (2)(v) of the Act. About 56 witnesses have been listed along with the charge sheet. It is also stated in the charge sheet that C.C. TV footage of the house of the accused after the commission of offence and the CC footage near the scene of offence prior to