ORDER :

The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, 'Cr.P.C.') praying to quash the further proceedings in Crime No.256 of 2022 of Devadurga Police Station, Raichur, for the offences punishable under Sections 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, 'IPC') and Section 3(i)(r)(s) and 3(2)(v-a) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 [for short, ‘SC/ST (POA) Act’] pending on the file of the I Additional District and Sessions Court, Raichur.

2. Heard the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner-accused, the learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent No.1-State, the learned counsel for respondent No.2-complainant and perused the material on record.

3. The brief facts of the prosecution case are that on 30-9-2022 between 2.30 p.m. and 3.00 p.m., at the building near Devadurga Shankarabandi Cross, C.W.2-Mallesh Badiger, friend of the complainant, asked the complainant to meet the petitioner and to bring amount of Rs.1,00,000/-from him, which he owes to C.W.2. During the said period, there was telephonic conversation between C.W.2 and the accused and i