ORDER :

1. At the outset, it is required to be noted that, present petitioners have not pressed for this application insofar as the offence punishable under the IPC. Thus, this application is confined to the offence punishable under the Atrocities Act.

2. By way of this petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioners have prayed for quashment of the FIR being I-C.R. No.82 of 2017 registered with Gandhidham ‘B’ Division Police Station against the petitioners for the offences punishable under Sections 3(1) (r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(v) and 3(2)(va) of The Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

3. The short facts of the case as emerging from the FIR are that the applicants were arrested in connection with I-C.R. No.82 of 2017 registered with Gandhidham 'B' Division Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 332 , 333, 323, 186, 504, and 114 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE ; Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(v), and 3(2)(va) of the-ct, 1989; Section 177 of the MOTOR VEHICLES ACT ; and Section 135 of the GUJARAT POLICE ACT . Upon completion of investigation, a charge-sheet was filed and the matter was registered as Criminal