Heard Sri. S.G. Rajendra Reddy, learned counsel appearing

for the petitioners and Sri. Shankar H.S., learned HCGP

appearing for respondent No.1 and have perused the material on

record.

2.

The petitioners are before this Court calling in

question proceedings in Spl.Case.No.46/2021 registered for

offences punishable under Section 506 read with Section 34 of

the IPC.

3.

The petitioners are accused Nos.1, 2 and 3.

A complaint is registered by respondent No.2 alleging offences

punishable under Sections 417, 420, 465, 471 and 120B of the

IPC and Sections 3(i)(f) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to

as ‘Atrocities Act’ for short).

4.

The complaint against the petitioners as well as

others was that, they hurled such abuses in public place or

place of public view and other offence under Section 3(i)(f) of the

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Atrocities Act. The police after investigation filed a charge sheet

against all the accused.

5.

Insofar as it concerns the present petitioners, since

they also belong to the same caste, the offences under the Act

are rightly dropped by the police on investigation, every other

offence that were all