IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1036 OF 2017

27^th November 2025

Between:

The State of Telangana rep. by

The Public Prosecutor,

High Court at Hyderabad

...Petitioner/Appellant

AND

1. Pasula Hareesh @ Desham Hareesh Reddy,

and six others

...Respondents/Respondents

JUDGMENT:

This Criminal Appeal has been filed by the State, aggrieved by the

judgment passed by the learned Special Sessions Judge for Trial of Cases under S.Cs. and S.Ts. (POA) Act-cum-VIi Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mahabubnar, in S.C.No.43 of 2013, dated 19.05.2014, whereunder respondents/accused were acquitted for the offences punishable under Sections 448, 324 read with Section 34 of I.P.C. and Section 3(1)(x) of SC/ST (POA) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred as “POA

Act” for brevity").

2. The case of prosecution in brief is that on 24.10.2012 evening at about 5 P.M, PW.1 along with his villagers Dokku Bhasker, PW.2,

C.Bangaraiah PW.3 and others belonging to Ambedkar colony went to attend Jemmi puja at ZPHS Macherla village and that the accused persons A.1 to A.7 abused them in their caste name and assaulted them and that on the following