THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.13365 OF 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.4 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in S.C.No.700194 of 2020 on the file of learned VII Special Sessions Judge for Trial of Cases under SCs/STs (POA) Act, 1989-cum-VII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar, registered for the offences under Section 506 of I.P.C. and Section 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

2. Heard Sri S. Satyam Reddy, learned Senior Counsel representing Sri S. Rahul Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1-State.

3. The case of the prosecution is that as per the request of the Grampanchayat workers, the de facto complainant agreed to distribute groceries, rice and other essential goods on 01.05.2020 at Grampanchayat office, and while doing so, at around 09:00 hours, accused Nos.1 to 4 reached there and started abusing the de facto complainant in most filthy language by taking his caste name and that one of the accused tried to beat him. Accused Nos.2 and 3 have abused him in the name of his caste and threatened him. Therefore, accused Nos.1 to 3 were charged under Section 506 of I.P.C. and Section 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, while accused No.4 was charged for the offence under Section 506 of I.P.C., as he belongs to Scheduled Caste community.

4. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner herein is innocent and has not beaten the victim at any point of time. He further submitted that the mere presence of petitioner at the Grampanchayat office should not make him liable to face the allegations. He further submitted that no overt act is alleged against the petitioner herein, even according to the contents of the complaint. He, therefore, prayed to quash the proceedings in the present S.C. against the petitioner.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the prosecution could examine the witnesses and record the statements, which point out the allegations against the petitioner herein also that he along with other accused has beaten the victim. He further submitted that LWs.3 to 15 are the eye- witnesses to the alleged incident. He, therefore, prayed to dismiss the Criminal Petition.

6. Perused the record.

7. The contents of the complaint and the statement of LW.1 disclose the involvement of the petitioner herein in the alleged offence. The veracity of the witnesses is to be tested during the course of trial. Hence, it is deemed appropriate to dispose of the Criminal Petition by dispensing with the attendance of the petitioner before the trial Court.

8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of dispensing with the attendance of the petitioner before the trial Court provided he is represented by a counsel before the trial Court on every date of hearing and shall appear before the trial Court whenever his presence is required during the course of trial.

Miscellaneous Petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

____________________________ JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA Date: 30.10.2025.

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