ORAL ORDER

Heard Sri. Vinay Kumar N.D., learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Smt. B.V. Vidyulatha, learned counsel appearing for the respondent.

2. The petitioner is before this Court calling in question the proceedings in CC.No.89/2022. The proceedings in CC.No.89/2022 has a history. Therefore, it is necessary to take a little walk in the history. A crime had been registered against one Shridhar in Spl. S.C. No.11/2021 for the offences punishable under Sections 376 and 420 of the IPC and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(w) and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The said case ends up in acquittal. In the said proceedings, the present petitioner tenders his evidence. The examination and cross-examination of the witness is as follows:

The petitioner tenders his evidence in the said crime in Spl. S.C. No.11/2021, which was for the offences as indicated hereinabove against one Bhaskar. While so saying, the petitioner appears to have deposed that the petitioner, Bhaskar, Shekhar and R