ORDER :

1. The instant petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [for short “Cr.P.C.”] has been filed by the petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 to 6, seeking quashment of proceedings against them in Crime No. 257 of 2020on the file of Seethanagaram Police station, Seethanagaram, East Godavari District, which was registered for the offences under Sections 324, 323 and 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code [for short “IPC”] and Section 3(1)(e) and 3(2)(va) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 [for short “the Act”].

2. The facts mentioned in the complaint, in brief, are as follows:

(a) Respondent No. 2/de facto complainant is a resident of Munikudali Village of Seethanagaram Mandal. He is the youngest, among three sons to his parents. On 18.07.2020 at about 7.30 p.m. an accident occurred near tank at Munikudali Village, in which, the rider of the bike namely Vijay sustained leg injury, since a lorry dashed him. When the de facto complainant was trying to shift the injured by an auto, Petitioner No. 1/Accused No. 1 belonging to Rajampeta Village, came on a car and started blowing horn. When he was asked to wait for five minutes, Ac