JUDGMENT :

Shree Prakash Singh, J.

1. Heard Shri Sameer Singh, Advocate assisted by Shri Shashank Singh, learned Counsel for the appellants, Shri Anirudh Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A.-I for the State.

2. This criminal appeal under Section 14A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been filed with a prayer to quash the summoning order dated 04.02.2023 under Section 147, 323, 326-A, 504 of IPC and 3(1)X SC/ST Act, 1989 arising out of Complaint Case No. 118 of 2019 (Jagannath Vs. Sitaram & Ors.) pending before the learned Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Ambedkar Nagar and the entire criminal proceedings arising out of the aforementioned complaint case.

3. Learned Counsel appearing for the appellants submit that the appellants are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the instant matter. He submits that the First Information Report was lodged on 09.01.2017 and thereafter, the Investigating Officer conducted investigation and found no material against the appellant so far as the allegations leveled in the First Information Report is concerned and thus the final report was submitted on 05.07.2017. On such final report, the complainant filed th