Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, S/o Late Papi Reddy vs State of Telangana, rep. by its Public Prosecutor

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2024 Supreme(Telangana) 1048

K. LAKSHMAN
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, S/o Late Papi Reddy – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana, rep. by its Public Prosecutor – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Sri. N. Naveen Kumar, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr. T.V. Ramana Rao, Additional and the Public Prosecutor

ORDER :

K. Lakshman, J.

Heard Mr. N. Naveen Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. T.V. Ramana Rao, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent No.1 - State. Despite affording ample opportunity, there is no representation on behalf of respondent No.2.

2. The present Criminal Petition is filed under Section - 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to quash the proceedings in Crime No.104 of 2014 of Kanagal Police Station registered for the offences punishable under Section - 504 of IPC and Section - 3 (1) (x) of the Scheduled Casts and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short ‘Act, 1989’).

3. The petitioner herein is arraigned as accused No.1 in the aforesaid crime. As per the complaint of respondent No.2, the allegations levelled against the petitioner herein are as follows;

ii) The petitioner herein, MLA, addressed the General Body Meeting held at MPDO Office at Kanagal without following protocol and not greeted him, for which the Sarpanchas and MPTCs questioned the MLA, where the MLA insulted him intentionally as he is dalith MPP only and uttered Cheppu To Kodutha Emi Che